Germany · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Hamburg, 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 Hamburg 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 Hamburg lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Hamburg 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 Hamburg lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Hamburg 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 Hamburg 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 Hamburg.
Practical Info
Hamburg (Germany) is home to roughly 1.9M people. Today brings about 16.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:54, sunset at 21:48. 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 54° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Germany
Capital
Berlin
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
53.55°N, 9.99°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+49
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
German
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Hamburg has over 2,300 bridges — more than Venice, Amsterdam and London put together — because the city is built across the Elbe, the Alster and a dense grid of canals serving Europe's third-largest port.
The clock: Hamburg keeps UTC+1. At 53.5° north its winter afternoons end early: the sun is gone by about 15:50 in late December.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap