Netherlands · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Rotterdam, Netherlands 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 Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam 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 Rotterdam.
Practical Info
Rotterdam (Netherlands) is home to roughly 650K people. Today brings about 16.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:18, 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 52° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Netherlands
Capital
Amsterdam
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Amsterdam
Coordinates
51.92°N, 4.48°E
Currency
EUR (€)
Calling Code
+31
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Dutch
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The bombing of 14 May 1940 destroyed roughly 2.6 square kilometres of central Rotterdam in under half an hour. What was rebuilt is the reason Rotterdam looks nothing like the rest of the Netherlands — it is a modern city because it had no choice.
The clock: Rotterdam keeps UTC+1 and runs Europe's largest port. Much of the city sits below sea level, which makes its tide tables a more consequential schedule than its clocks.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap