| 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 |
Rostock, 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 Rostock 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 Rostock lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Rostock 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 Rostock lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Rostock 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 Rostock 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 Rostock.
Rostock (Germany) is home to roughly 210K people. Today brings about 11.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:11, sunset at 18:51. 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 54° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Germany
Capital
Berlin
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
54.09°N, 12.14°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+49
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
German
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Rostock's university was founded in 1419, making it the oldest in the Baltic region and among the oldest in northern Europe. The city was a major Hanseatic port and rebuilt its centre after heavy bombing in 1942.
The clock: Rostock keeps UTC+1 at 54° north, where midsummer twilight never fully ends — the sun dips too shallowly below the horizon for true darkness.
Rostock lies at 12.1°E. Its time zone, UTC+1, is built around the 15°E meridian. The 2.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 11 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:11 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 71 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:11.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 17h 10m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 7h 21m. The swing between them is 9h 49m. 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 Rostock the sun comes up earliest on 18 June at 04:37, while the latest sunset waits until 26 June at 21:48. 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 Rostock that civil twilight runs about 35 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 55 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 Rostock, Germany is Europe/Berlin with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Rostock has an estimated population of 210K and is located at coordinates 54.09°N, 12.14°E.
Rostock gets 17h 10m of daylight on its longest day and 7h 21m on its shortest, averaging 12h 18m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Rostock falls at about 12:11 on UTC+1 standard time, because the city sits 2.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Hanseatic City With a University From 1419: Rostock's university was founded in 1419, making it the oldest in the Baltic region and among the oldest in northern Europe. The city was a major Hanseatic port and rebuilt its centre after heavy bombing in 1942.