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Rotterdam

UTC+2

Netherlands · CEST

Summer
02:42:51Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 05:18↓ 22:0024:00
Sunrise
05:18
Sunset
22:00
Daylight
16.7hrs
Population
650K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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

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?

A City That Had to Start Again

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

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Working Hours

8h overlap
RotterdamUTC+2
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824