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

12:37:28 am CET

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Country:	Germany
State:	North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
Lat/Long:	51°31'N / 7°06'E
Elevation:	54 m
Currency:	Euro (EUR)
Languages:	German
Country Code:	+49

°F

Weather

41 °F

Clear.
46 / 34 °F

Mon 19.		45 / 32 °F
Tue 20.		46 / 29 °F

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Time Zone

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

DST starts

Mar 29, 2026
Forward 1 hour

DST ends

Oct 25, 2026
Back 1 hour

Difference

6 hours ahead of
New York

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Sunrise

8:27 am
↑ 123° Southeast

Sunset

4:56 pm
↑ 237° Southwest

Day length

8 hours, 29 minutes
+2m 34s longer

Moon 0.8%

Rise – 8:47 am
Set – 4:16 pm

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 12:42 pm
Altitude: 18.1°

Astronomical
Twilight

6:28 am – 7:08 am
6:16 pm – 6:56 pm

Nautical
Twilight

7:08 am – 7:49 am
5:34 pm – 6:16 pm

Civil
Twilight

7:49 am – 8:27 am
4:56 pm – 5:34 pm

Previous
Moon Phase

Third Quarter
January 10, 2026
4:48 pm

Next
Moon Phase

New Moon
January 18, 2026
8:51 pm

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Airports

Düsseldorf International Airport, DUS
About 22 mi SW of Gelsenkirchen
Dortmund Airport, DTM
About 22 mi E of Gelsenkirchen
Cologne Bonn Airport, CGN
About 45 mi S of Gelsenkirchen

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12:3728am

Sunday, January 18, 2026