| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −1h | |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | ±0h | |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +2h | Becomes +3h on 25 Oct |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +7h | Becomes +8h on 25 Oct |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +8h | Becomes +9h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −6h | Becomes −5h on 24 Oct |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −9h | Becomes −8h on 24 Oct |
Düsseldorf, Germany runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. The time difference between Düsseldorf and New York is 6 hours. 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 Düsseldorf lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Düsseldorf and London is 1 hour. 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 Düsseldorf lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Düsseldorf and Tokyo is 7 hours. 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 Düsseldorf 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 Düsseldorf.
Düsseldorf (Germany) is home to roughly 620K people. Today brings about 11.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:31, sunset at 19:13. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 51° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Germany
Capital
Berlin
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
51.23°N, 6.78°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+49
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
German
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Düsseldorf's Altstadt packs roughly 260 bars and restaurants into about half a square kilometre, which is why locals call it the longest bar in the world. The Altbier served there is brewed to a style that neighbouring Cologne regards as a provocation.
The clock: Düsseldorf keeps UTC+1. It is also home to Europe's third-largest Japanese community, after London and Paris, which quietly runs part of the city on a UTC+9 business day.
Düsseldorf lies at 6.8°E. Its time zone, UTC+1, is built around the 15°E meridian. The 8.2° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 33 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:33 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 93 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:33.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 16h 36m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 7h 52m. The swing between them is 8h 43m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Düsseldorf the sun comes up earliest on 18 June at 05:16, while the latest sunset waits until 26 June at 21:53. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Düsseldorf that civil twilight runs about 33 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 47 minutes at the solstice.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Düsseldorf, Germany is Europe/Berlin with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Düsseldorf has an estimated population of 620K and is located at coordinates 51.23°N, 6.78°E.
Düsseldorf gets 16h 36m of daylight on its longest day and 7h 52m on its shortest, averaging 12h 16m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Düsseldorf falls at about 12:33 on UTC+1 standard time, because the city sits 8.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Longest Bar in the World: Düsseldorf's Altstadt packs roughly 260 bars and restaurants into about half a square kilometre, which is why locals call it the longest bar in the world.