Germany · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Dortmund, Germany runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 6-hour difference between Dortmund and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Dortmund lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Dortmund and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Dortmund lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Dortmund and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Dortmund lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Dortmund.
Practical Info
Dortmund (Germany) is home to roughly 590K people. Today brings about 16.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:12, sunset at 21:54. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 52° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Germany
Capital
Berlin
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
51.51°N, 7.47°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+49
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
German
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Südtribüne at Signal Iduna Park holds about 24,450 standing spectators, the largest terrace in European football. The stadium's total capacity of over 81,000 makes it Germany's biggest.
The clock: Dortmund keeps UTC+1. It had the largest brewery output in Europe at points in the 20th century, though most of those breweries have since closed.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap