Current Time in Dresden, Germany
Time and Sun Facts for Dresden
- Local time
- 11:26 pm
- Date
- Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Time zone
Europe/Berlin- UTC offset
- UTC+2
- Daylight saving
- In effect now
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 — clocks go back
- Sunrise
- 7:43 am
- Sunset
- 5:54 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 11 minutes
- Coordinates
- 51.05, 13.74
How Dresden Keeps Time
Dresden keeps CEST, UTC+2. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Dresden; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
Dresden runs on the Europe/Berlin zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC+2 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC+1 on standard time and UTC+2 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 25 October 2026, when clocks go back one hour.
The sun rises in Dresden at 7:43 am today and sets at 5:54 pm — 10 hours 11 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:49 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (51.05, 13.74), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, Dresden has about 16 hours 33 minutes of daylight in June and 7 hours 54 minutes in December. The difference is about 8 hours 39 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
At the current civil offset, Dresden’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 5 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:49 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.
The whole of Germany keeps one time, so the clock on this page is also the clock in Berlin and in every other city listed below.
Dresden at a Glance
| Coordinates | 51.0500, 13.7400 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | Europe/Berlin |
| Current UTC offset | UTC+2 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 7:43 am |
| Sunset today | 5:54 pm |
| Solar noon | 12:49 pm |
| Daylight today | 10 hours 11 minutes |
| Straight-line distance to Berlin | 165 km |
| Current clock difference vs Berlin | Same civil time |
How Dresden Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to Dresden. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.
| City | Local time | Compared with Dresden |
|---|---|---|
| London | 10:26 pm | 1 hour behind |
| New York | 5:26 pm | 6 hours behind |
| Los Angeles | 2:26 pm | 9 hours behind |
| Dubai | 1:26 am | 2 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 2:26 am | 3 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 5:26 am | 6 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 6:26 am | 7 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 8:26 am | 9 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to Dresden
Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.
Other Cities in Germany
All of these read UTC+2, the same as Dresden, because Germany keeps one zone nationally. Each page adds that city’s own sunrise, sunset and prayer times, which do differ.
Questions People Ask
When does Dresden next change its clocks?
The next transition is 25 October 2026. Use Europe/Berlin in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.
Why is solar noon in Dresden far from 12:00?
The current civil offset and the city longitude do not place mean solar noon at twelve on the clock. Today the calculated solar noon is 12:49 pm.
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