Köln, Germany
Current time in Germany
Time zone: CEST (UTC/GMT +02:00) — Europe/Berlin
| Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -6 H |
| Time zone: (UTC/GMT +2 ) Köln, Germany |
Current Time in other Cities of Germany
| Frankfurt am Main |
| Stuttgart |
| Düsseldorf |
| Großzschocher |
| Kleinzschocher |
| Dortmund |
| Dresden |
| Bremen |
| Nürnberg |
| Hannover |
| Leipzig |
| Duisburg |
| Wandsbek |
| Bochum |
| Bochum-Hordel |
| Wuppertal |
| Bielefeld |
| Bonn |
| Hamburg-Nord |
| Mannheim |
| Hamburg-Mitte |
| Marienthal |
| Karlsruhe |
| Wiesbaden |
| Gelsenkirchen |
| Eimsbüttel |
| Aachen |
| Mönchengladbach |
| Augsburg |
| Altona |
Time zone in Köln
Köln runs on CEST. That places it 2 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+02:00); in a calendar, server config or booking form, select Europe/Berlin.
Expect a clock change on Sunday, 25 October 2026: Köln switches to CET, moving back by 1 hour. Until that date the UTC+02:00 offset above holds.
Population: about 963,395 — 1st largest of the 96 Germany cities indexed here.
Köln compared with major world cities
Live differences from Köln, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Köln is 6 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Köln is 9 hours ahead |
| London | UTC+01:00 | Köln is 1 hour ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | same time as Köln |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Köln is 2 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Köln is 3 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Köln is 6 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Köln is 7 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Köln is 8 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Köln is 5 hours ahead |
Best time to call Köln
Usable call slots from Köln, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| Paris | 09:00–17:00 in Köln | 8 hours overlap |
| London | 10:00–17:00 in Köln | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–15:00 in Köln | 6 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–13:30 in Köln | 4.5 hours overlap |
No shared working window exists with Los Angeles or Sydney, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.
Cities on the same clock as Köln
These Germany cities also use Europe/Berlin, so their clocks read identically to Köln at every moment of the year.
Frankfurt am Main Stuttgart Düsseldorf Großzschocher Kleinzschocher Dortmund Dresden Bremen
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