Current time in Nuremberg, Germany
The current local time in Nuremberg is shown below. Nuremberg observes CET in winter and CEST during daylight saving time.
What's the daylight saving status?
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
What's the timezone history of Nuremberg?
Nuremberg uses Central European Time and Central European Summer Time, the standard German offset shared with most of the European mainland. The city's longitude around 11 degrees east places wall time slightly behind solar noon in winter. The EU DST framework applies. Bavaria has historically been one of the louder German voices favouring abolition of the seasonal time change, though no federal decision has emerged from the EU-wide consultation that began in 2018.
What are the working hours in Nuremberg?
Heavy industry (Siemens, MAN, Faber-Castell, Diehl) anchors the working economy, with manufacturing shifts often beginning 06:00 to 06:30. The annual Toy Fair (Spielwarenmesse) in late January and the Christmas Market (Christkindlesmarkt) from late November through 24 December are the city's two largest commercial calendar fixtures. Office hours run 08:00 to 17:00 with a 30-minute or one-hour lunch around midday. Bavarian state holidays add Epiphany (6 January), Corpus Christi, Assumption (15 August), and All Saints (1 November) to the German federal calendar.
Where is Nuremberg?
Nuremberg lies in central Bavaria along the Pegnitz River, around 170 kilometres north of Munich. The city proper holds around 520,000 residents and the Nuremberg metropolitan region across Bavaria, Hesse, and Thuringia reaches roughly 3.6 million. The medieval Altstadt, partly rebuilt after extensive Allied bombing in 1945, is enclosed by a still-largely-intact city wall. The imperial castle (Kaiserburg) on a sandstone ridge marks the historic high point. The city sits at the eastern edge of the Frankish wine-growing region.