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UTC+1 Europe/Berlin · UTC+1 in January, UTC+2 in July

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US Eastern team 2–3 h shared 9–5 · their day is 15:00–23:00 here
US Pacific team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 18:00–02:00 here
UK team 7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 10:00–18:00 here
Central Europe team 8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here
Price level 81 High: household prices Germany-wide vs US = 100 (2025)
Comfortable months 5 / 12 May–September

Your team's working day, on Berlin's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Berlin; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 15:00–23:00
2 h
US Pacific 18:00–02:00
0 h
UK 10:00–18:00
7 h
Central Europe 09:00–17:00
8 h

Clock changes ahead in Berlin: 28 Mar 2027 → UTC+2; 31 Oct 2027 → UTC+1. Employers' clocks change on their own dates, which is why shared hours shift for a few weeks each spring and autumn.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

MonthUS EasternUS PacificUKCentral Europe
Jan2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Feb2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Mar2–3 h awake 7–8 h0 h awake 4–5 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Apr2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
May2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Jun2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Jul2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Aug2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Sep2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Oct2–3 h awake 7–8 h0 h awake 4–5 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Nov2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h
Dec2 h awake 7 h0 h awake 4 h7 h awake 8 h8 h awake 8 h

Weather for working, month by month

January: Poor (0.0), high 4°C4°JanFebruary: Poor (0.0), high 5°C5°FebMarch: Poor (0.9), high 9°C9°MarApril: Fair (6.4), high 16°C16°AprMay: Great (10.0), high 20°C20°MayJune: Great (10.0), high 24°C24°JunJuly: Great (9.8), high 26°C26°JulAugust: Great (10.0), high 25°C25°AugSeptember: Great (9.9), high 20°C20°SepOctober: Fair (5.6), high 14°C14°OctNovember: Poor (0.5), high 8°C8°NovDecember: Poor (0.0), high 5°C5°Dec

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

MonthHighLowRainDew pointDaylightScore
Jan4°C-1°C50 mm-1°C dry7.9 h0.0
Feb5°C0°C38 mm-1°C dry9.6 h0.0
Mar9°C2°C44 mm1°C dry11.5 h0.9
Apr16°C6°C30 mm4°C dry13.7 h6.4
May20°C10°C52 mm8°C dry15.5 h10.0
Jun24°C13°C56 mm11°C comfortable16.6 h10.0
Jul26°C15°C75 mm13°C comfortable16.1 h9.8
Aug25°C15°C55 mm13°C comfortable14.5 h10.0
Sep20°C11°C47 mm10°C comfortable12.4 h9.9
Oct14°C7°C44 mm7°C dry10.3 h5.6
Nov8°C3°C41 mm3°C dry8.4 h0.5
Dec5°C0°C51 mm0°C dry7.4 h0.0

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population
3,913,644 (2025)
Elevation
34 m
Airports
Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), 19 km
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Visas
Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Germany's official government or embassy website.
Read more
Berlin on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

UK FCDO No FCDO advice against travel. Updated 2026-10-07. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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