Time in Germany

Times in Germany are given according to the 24-hour clock. Germany operates on Central European Time (CET), one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT – also referred to as Coordinated Universal Time or UTC).

All Germany’s immediate neighbours share this time zone and, of the countries that can be reached by Baltic ferry, only Finland and the Baltic states (GMT+2 hours) differ.

Opening hours in Raven Guides are abbreviated thus: M-F 9-17 (9am to 5pm Monday to Friday), M-Sa 10 to 16.30 (10am to 4.30pm Monday to Saturday), Tu-Su 17-1 (5pm to 1am Tuesday to Sunday and closing 1am Monday).

Summer time

Daylight saving or summer time, which advances clocks one hour, operates half the year for the whole CET zone, beginning after midnight on the last Sunday in March and ending in Germany after midnight on the last Sunday in October.

Time differences: When on CET, you will find:

Auckland/Wellington are 11 hours ahead (+11 hours)

Sydney/Melbourne +9 hours

Hong Kong +7 hours

Singapore/Kuala Lumpur +6 hours

New Delhi +4.5 hours

Johannesburg/Jerusalem +1 hour

London/Dublin are 1 hour behind (-1 hour)

New York/Miami -6 hours

Chicago -7 hours

Los Angeles -9 hours