Germany · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Freiburg, 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 Freiburg 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 Freiburg lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Freiburg 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 Freiburg lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Freiburg 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 Freiburg 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 Freiburg.
Practical Info
Freiburg (Germany) is home to roughly 230K people. Today brings about 16.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:30, sunset at 21:30. 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 48° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Germany
Capital
Berlin
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
47.99°N, 7.85°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+49
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
German
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Freiburg's Bächle are small water channels running along the streets, documented from the 13th century and originally used for firefighting and livestock. Local superstition holds that stepping in one means you will marry a Freiburger.
The clock: Freiburg keeps UTC+1 and is the sunniest city in Germany, with around 1,740 hours of sunshine a year — which is why it became a centre of solar research.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap