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Current Time in Leipzig, Germany

Time and Sun Facts for Leipzig

Local time
11:25 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
7:49 am
Sunset
5:59 pm
Day length
10 hours 10 minutes
Coordinates
51.34, 12.37

How Leipzig Keeps Time

Leipzig keeps CEST, UTC+2. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for Leipzig; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.

Leipzig 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 Leipzig at 7:49 am today and sets at 5:59 pm — 10 hours 10 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:54 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (51.34, 12.37), so they shift a little every day of the year.

On the two solstices, Leipzig has about 16 hours 36 minutes of daylight in June and 7 hours 51 minutes in December. The difference is about 8 hours 45 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.

At the current civil offset, Leipzig’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 11 minutes between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:54 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.

Leipzig at a Glance

Coordinates51.3400, 12.3700
IANA time zoneEurope/Berlin
Current UTC offsetUTC+2
Daylight savingObserved seasonally
Sunrise today7:49 am
Sunset today5:59 pm
Solar noon12:54 pm
Daylight today10 hours 10 minutes
Straight-line distance to Berlin149 km
Current clock difference vs BerlinSame civil time

How Leipzig Compares with Other Cities

Read the last column as the other city relative to Leipzig. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.

CityLocal timeCompared with Leipzig
London10:25 pm1 hour behind
New York5:25 pm6 hours behind
Los Angeles2:25 pm9 hours behind
Dubai1:25 am2 hours ahead
Karachi2:25 am3 hours ahead
Singapore5:25 am6 hours ahead
Tokyo6:25 am7 hours ahead
Sydney8:25 am9 hours ahead

Nearby Listed Cities to Leipzig

Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.

CityApprox. distanceLocal time
Dresden101 km11:25 pm
Berlin149 km11:25 pm
Frankfurt294 km11:25 pm
Hamburg294 km11:25 pm
Bremen311 km11:25 pm

Other Cities in Germany

All of these read UTC+2, the same as Leipzig, 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 Leipzig 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 Leipzig 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 12:54 pm.