Germany · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Leipzig, 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 Leipzig 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 Leipzig lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Leipzig 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 Leipzig lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Leipzig 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 Leipzig 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 Leipzig.
Practical Info
Leipzig (Germany) is home to roughly 615K people. Today brings about 16.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:54, sunset at 21:24. 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 51° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Germany
Capital
Berlin
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
51.34°N, 12.38°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+49
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
German
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
On 9 October 1989, roughly 70,000 people marched around Leipzig's ring road chanting Wir sind das Volk. The security forces were deployed and did not intervene. Within a month the Berlin Wall was open.
The clock: Leipzig keeps UTC+1. Bach was cantor at the Thomaskirche here for 27 years, writing to a liturgical calendar that ran on the church's clock rather than the city's.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap