Current Local Time in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

3:52:00 am CET

Friday, December 5, 2025

Country:	Germany
State:	North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
Lat/Long:	50°56'N / 6°58'E
Elevation:	55 m
Currency:	Euro (EUR)
Languages:	German
Country Code:	+49

°F

Weather

39 °F

Passing clouds.
52 / 42 °F

Sat 6.		52 / 42 °F
Sun 7.		53 / 48 °F

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Time Zone

CET (Central European Time)
UTC/GMT +1 hour

DST started

Mar 30, 2025
Forward 1 hour

DST ended

Oct 26, 2025
Back 1 hour

Difference

6 hours ahead of
Columbus

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Sunrise

8:18 am
↑ 126° Southeast

Sunset

4:27 pm
↑ 234° Southwest

Day length

8 hours, 9 minutes
-1m 39s shorter

Moon 99.8%

Set – 9:26 am
Rise – 4:19 pm

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 12:22 pm
Altitude: 16.7°

Astronomical
Twilight

6:17 am – 6:57 am
5:47 pm – 6:27 pm

Nautical
Twilight

6:57 am – 7:39 am
5:05 pm – 5:47 pm

Civil
Twilight

7:39 am – 8:18 am
4:27 pm – 5:05 pm

Previous
Moon Phase

Full Moon
December 5, 2025
12:14 am

Next
Moon Phase

Third Quarter
December 11, 2025
9:51 pm

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Airports

Cologne Bonn Airport, CGN
About 9 mi ESE of Cologne
Düsseldorf International Airport, DUS
About 25 mi NNW of Cologne
Frankfurt Airport, FRA
About 95 mi SE of Cologne

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Friday, December 5, 2025