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Kiel

UTC+2

Germany · CEST

Summer
02:44:00Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 04:48↓ 22:0024:00
Sunrise
04:48
Sunset
22:00
Daylight
17.2hrs
Population
250K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Kiel, 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 Kiel 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 Kiel lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Kiel 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 Kiel lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Kiel 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 Kiel 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 Kiel.

Practical Info

Kiel (Germany) is home to roughly 250K people. Today brings about 17.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:48, sunset at 22:00. 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.

Flag

Germany

Germany

Capital

Berlin

Continent

Europe

Time Zone

CEST · Europe/Berlin

Coordinates

54.32°N, 10.14°E

Currency

EUR (€)

Calling Code

+49

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

German

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

The Busiest Artificial Waterway

The Kiel Canal carries around 30,000 ships a year, more than the Suez and Panama canals combined, saving vessels roughly 460 km around Denmark. It opened in 1895.

The clock: Kiel keeps UTC+1. Kieler Woche each June is the largest sailing event in the world, drawing several thousand boats.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

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