Dresden uses Europe/Berlin — UTC+01:00 (CET) in standard time and UTC+02:00 (CEST) during daylight saving time. It is located in Saxony, Germany. The live clock shows the current local time and updates every second.
Everything you need to know about Dresden's time zone, UTC offset, and Daylight Saving Time schedule.
Dresden uses UTC+01:00 in standard time. This is the offset used outside the daylight saving period.
UTC+02:00 (CEST) during daylight saving time. Clocks move forward one hour in spring and back one hour in autumn.
The official IANA time zone name for Dresden is Europe/Berlin. This identifier is used in programming, operating systems and calendar applications worldwide.
Spring forward: 29 March 2026 at 02:00 → 03:00
Fall back: 25 October 2026 at 03:00 → 02:00
Spring forward: 28 March 2027 at 02:00 → 03:00
Fall back: 31 October 2027 at 03:00 → 02:00
Spring forward: 26 March 2028 at 02:00 → 03:00
Fall back: 29 October 2028 at 03:00 → 02:00
Spring forward: 25 March 2029 at 02:00 → 03:00
Fall back: 28 October 2029 at 03:00 → 02:00
Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt
Currency: Euro (EUR). Calling code: +49. Languages: German.
Dresden ( DREZ-den; German: [ˈdʁeːsdn̩] ; Upper Saxon: Dräsdn; Upper Sorbian: Drježdźany, pronounced [ˈdʁʲɛʒdʒanɨ]) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig.
It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth largest by area (after Berlin, Hamburg, and Cologne), and the third-most populous city in the area of former East Germany, after Berlin and Leipzig. Dresden's urban area comprises the towns of Freital, Pirna, Radebeul, Meissen, Coswig, Radeberg, and Heidenau and has around 790,000 inhabitants.
The Dresden metropolitan area has over 1.3 million inhabitants.
Dresden is the second largest city on the River Elbe after Hamburg. Most of the city's population lives in the Elbe Valley, but a large, albeit very sparsely populated, area of the city east of the Elbe lies in the West Lusatian Hill Country and Uplands (the westernmost part of the Sudetes) and thus in Lusatia.
Source: Wikipedia contributors — Dresden. Adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see licence details. Reviewed by the TimeZoria AI Editorial Team.
564,904 residents (GeoNames city population; metro areas may be larger).
Saxony, Germany.
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00 (CET).
Observes DST.
Euro (EUR) · +49.
Liberec, Leipzig, Prague
Dresden Airport (DRS) about 9.5 km from the city coordinates. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
2024 averages: daily highs 16.0°C and lows 7.2°C. Warmest month: August (average high 27.1°C); coolest month: January (average low -2.0°C). Source: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Until enterprises like Dresdner Bank left Dresden in the communist era to avoid nationalisation, Dresden was one of the most important German cities, an important industrial centre of the German Democratic Republic. The period of the GDR until 1990 was characterized by low economic growth in comparison to western German cities. Source: Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 (adapted).
Region: Saxony · IANA zone: Europe/Berlin · Open data sources and licence details: TimeZoria AI licenses.
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Note on DST transitions: The offsets shown above reflect the current live offset, which changes twice a year due to Daylight Saving Time. Different regions change their clocks on different dates, which means the difference between Dresden and another city can vary by 1 hour for a short period in spring and autumn. Always verify the exact time difference around DST transition dates for critical scheduling.
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