Time Difference Between Berlin and London
London is 1h behind Berlin all year. Both cities observe daylight saving time and change their clocks together, so the gap never moves.
Berlin clocks move forward on the last Sunday of March and back on the last Sunday of October. London clocks move forward on the last Sunday of March and back on the last Sunday of October. The figure above holds for the whole year. It does not come from the offset on the day the site was built. The live clocks use the current time.
Working Hours Overlap
For each hour of Berlin's working day (9:00-18:00), here is the corresponding local time in London. Rows highlighted green fall within standard working hours (9:00-18:00) in both cities. Each block is one part of the year, so the table does not change with the day this page was built.
| Berlin | London | Both working hours? |
|---|---|---|
| 9 AM | 8 AM | No |
| 10 AM | 9 AM | Yes |
| 11 AM | 10 AM | Yes |
| 12 PM | 11 AM | Yes |
| 1 PM | 12 PM | Yes |
| 2 PM | 1 PM | Yes |
| 3 PM | 2 PM | Yes |
| 4 PM | 3 PM | Yes |
| 5 PM | 4 PM | Yes |
| 6 PM | 5 PM | No |
Best Time to Meet
- 10 AM-6 PM in Berlin (9 AM-5 PM in London) works for both sides. It falls within 9 AM-6 PM in both time zones.
How the Difference Changes
The difference between Berlin and London holds all year. Both cities change their clocks on the same dates, so the gap never moves.
Working Across Berlin and London
Berlin is one hour ahead of London in January and in July. Both cities spring forward on the last Sunday of March and both fall back on the last Sunday of October, so the hour never moves, including through the weeks when the United States is out of step with Europe. 9 AM in London is 10 AM in Berlin. 5 PM in London is 6 PM in Berlin. You can book almost the whole day. If a three-way call with New York suddenly shifts, Berlin and London shifted together. The American end is the one that moved relative to both.
The clocks are not where this corridor goes wrong. England and Wales bank holidays are not German public holidays, and several German holidays exist in one state and not the next. Berlin keeps a public holiday in early March that Bavaria does not. A Monday that is empty in London can be a normal Tuesday-shaped day in Berlin, and a Berlin holiday can be a full London desk. The market hours are the other concrete edge. The London Stock Exchange opens at 8 AM UK time, which is 9 AM in Berlin, so the overlap of the two cash sessions is real but it is not the whole afternoon.
The flight is under two hours. There is no jet lag to manage and no excuse for missing the holiday. People who go back and forth weekly treat it as a commute, which is right, and then schedule a workshop on a bank holiday Monday, which is how the commute ends in an empty room. Check both calendars. The train is not the Eurostar. That one goes to Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam. Berlin is a plane, and two hours in the air is not a reason to skip the holiday check.
Berlin
Berlin uses the Europe/Berlin time zone. Standard time is UTC+1, and daylight saving time is UTC+2.
London
London uses the Europe/London time zone. Standard time is UTC, and daylight saving time is UTC+1.