Berlin to London: time difference and meeting times
Everything you need to schedule between Berlin and London — the current offset, both cities' daylight saving dates, and the hour-by-hour overlap of their working days.
8 hours of full overlap. Both cities are inside normal working hours (09:00–17:59 local) at 08:00–16:00 UTC. Any hour in that range works for both sides without anyone starting early or finishing late.
Hour by hour
| UTC | Berlin | Status | London | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 02:00 | Asleep | 01:00 | Asleep |
| 01:00 | 03:00 | Asleep | 02:00 | Asleep |
| 02:00 | 04:00 | Asleep | 03:00 | Asleep |
| 03:00 | 05:00 | Asleep | 04:00 | Asleep |
| 04:00 | 06:00 | Early morning | 05:00 | Asleep |
| 05:00 | 07:00 | Early morning | 06:00 | Early morning |
| 06:00 | 08:00 | Early morning | 07:00 | Early morning |
| 07:00 | 09:00 | Working hours | 08:00 | Early morning |
| 08:00 | 10:00 | Working hours | 09:00 | Working hours |
| 09:00 | 11:00 | Working hours | 10:00 | Working hours |
| 10:00 | 12:00 | Working hours | 11:00 | Working hours |
| 11:00 | 13:00 | Working hours | 12:00 | Working hours |
| 12:00 | 14:00 | Working hours | 13:00 | Working hours |
| 13:00 | 15:00 | Working hours | 14:00 | Working hours |
| 14:00 | 16:00 | Working hours | 15:00 | Working hours |
| 15:00 | 17:00 | Working hours | 16:00 | Working hours |
| 16:00 | 18:00 | Evening | 17:00 | Working hours |
| 17:00 | 19:00 | Evening | 18:00 | Evening |
| 18:00 | 20:00 | Evening | 19:00 | Evening |
| 19:00 | 21:00 | Late night | 20:00 | Evening |
| 20:00 | 22:00 | Late night | 21:00 | Late night |
| 21:00 | 23:00 | Late night | 22:00 | Late night |
| 22:00 | 00:00 next day | Asleep | 23:00 | Late night |
| 23:00 | 01:00 next day | Asleep | 00:00 next day | Asleep |
Green rows are hours when both cities are inside core working hours (09:00–17:59 local). Amber rows are hours when both are awake but at least one is in the early morning or evening. Times shown are for 27 August 2026; the pattern shifts when either city changes its clocks.
Quick conversions
| When it is… | …it is |
|---|---|
| 09:00 in Berlin | 08:00 in London |
| 12:00 in Berlin | 11:00 in London |
| 15:00 in Berlin | 14:00 in London |
| 17:00 in Berlin | 16:00 in London |
Daylight saving
Berlin next moves its clocks back on 25 October 2026, to UTC+1. London next moves its clocks back on 25 October 2026, to UTC+0.
Both sides change clocks, but not on the same dates
Both cities observe daylight saving, so the offset between them is stable for most of the year. It is not stable during the weeks when one has changed and the other has not — check the transition dates above before scheduling anything in those windows.
Scheduling across this corridor
Intra-European scheduling is the easy case: most of the continent is within a couple of hours, and the great majority of it changes clocks on the same date, so the relationship between two European cities stays constant all year. The overlap is effectively the whole working day. The exceptions worth knowing are the countries that sit outside Central European Time — the UK and Ireland an hour behind, and the eastern edge of the continent an hour or more ahead.
About Berlin
Berlin runs on Central European Time and is the usual anchor for German-speaking business scheduling. German working hours start early and finish correspondingly early, so late-afternoon calls are less welcome here than in southern Europe — a meaningful consideration on corridors where the European side is being asked to stay late. Clock changes follow the EU schedule.
About London
London is the practical reference point for global scheduling, sitting at UTC in winter and an hour ahead of it in summer. That is precisely why UTC and London time are not the same thing for most of the year, and why "GMT" used loosely between April and October is usually wrong. British Summer Time runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October, on the EU schedule rather than the American one.
Add more cities
This page covers two cities. If your team spans three or more, open the interactive grid — it shows every city's working hours side by side and highlights the columns where everyone overlaps.
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Intl API and were last generated on 27 August 2026. See how we calculate these figures.