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

7:42:40 am CEST

Thursday, August 14, 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

68 °F

Sunny.
90 / 66 °F

Fri 15.		90 / 66 °F
Sat 16.		81 / 64 °F

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Time Zone

CEST (Central European Summer Time)
UTC/GMT +2 hours

DST started

Mar 30, 2025
Forward 1 hour

DST ends

Oct 26, 2025
Back 1 hour

Difference

6 hours ahead of
Columbus

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Sunrise

6:17 am
↑ 66° East

Sunset

8:54 pm
↑ 294° Northwest

Day length

14 hours, 37 minutes
-3m 27s shorter

Moon 72.2%

Set – 12:51 pm
Rise – 10:36 pm

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 1:36 pm
Altitude: 53.3°

Astronomical
Twilight

3:56 am – 4:53 am
10:18 pm – 11:14 pm

Nautical
Twilight

4:53 am – 5:40 am
9:31 pm – 10:18 pm

Civil
Twilight

5:40 am – 6:17 am
8:54 pm – 9:31 pm

Previous
Moon Phase

Full Moon
August 9, 2025
9:54 am

Next
Moon Phase

Third Quarter
August 16, 2025
7:12 am

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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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Thursday, August 14, 2025