Live local time
Gent, België
09:34:16 PMSunday, April 26, 2026 · Europe/Brussels
Ghent
Capital of East Flanders province, Belgium
Huidige lokale tijd
09:34:16 PM
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Tijdzone
CEST
Europe/Brussels · UTC+02:00
Volgende feestdag
Labour Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Zakelijke overlap nu
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Gent right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
BRU
Brussels Airport · 56 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
3
Curated airport references available for België
Snapshot at render time: 09:34:16 PM on Sunday, April 26, 2026 in Gent (UTC+02:00, CEST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 17
Day of Year
Day 116
Days Remaining
249
Current weather
14°C, Overcast
Feels like 11°C · Humidity 60% · Wind 12 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:27 AM to 08:58 PM
Day length 14h 31m · Solar noon 01:43 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Population
265.1K
Coordinates
51.05, 3.72
Timezone
Europe/Brussels
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
3
Capital
Brussels
Languages
German, French
Currency
EUR (€)
Country area
30,528 km²
Read time for Gent from the Europe/Brussels zone (CEST, UTC+02:00); the city carries roughly 265.1K residents and ranks #3 among curated België entries.
Gent sits at 51.05°N, 3.72°E; that's the high mid-latitudes (Northern Hemisphere, ~5667 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects long summer evenings and short winter afternoons.
Today the sun rises around 06:27 AM and sets around 08:58 PM in Gent — about 14h 31m of daylight. België observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Sint-Amandsberg (3 km from Gent) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 3 curated airport pages indexed for België.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Labour Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Gent.
Sunday, April 26, 2026
Timezone
CEST
IANA Zone
Europe/Brussels
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Observing DST
Week Number
Week 17
Day of Year
Day 116
Days Remaining
249
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+02:00
Burundi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other cities in this timezone
London
-1h
New York
-6h
Los Angeles
-9h
Dubai
+2h
Singapore
+6h
Tokyo
+7h
Sydney
+8h
São Paulo
-5h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Gent.
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Ghent is a city and a municipality in the East Flanders province of the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the province and the third largest in the country, after Brussels and Antwerp. It is a port and university city.
Reading Gent against the global hubs: London (~272 km), Dubai (~5,201 km), New York (~5,839 km) are the close ones, with Sydney (~16,777 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Gent sits inside België — the Western Europe subregion, capital Brussels, languages German, French, Dutch, currency EUR (€).
The closest mapped neighbors of Gent are Sint-Amandsberg (3 km), Mariakerke (4 km), Gentbrugge (4 km), Wondelgem (4 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Gent: Labour Day, Ascension Day, Day after Ascension Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for België.
Closest curated airport references from Gent: BRU Zaventem (56 km), OST Oostende (61 km), CRL Charleroi (84 km).
In 2025, A car ramming attack at a Lapu-Lapu Day festival kills 11 people and injures at least 30 in Vancouver, Canada.
Brussels AirportBRU
Zaventem · 56 km from Gent
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 49m
Ostend-Bruges International AirportOST
Oostende · 61 km from Gent
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 50m
Brussels South Charleroi AirportCRL
Charleroi · 84 km from Gent
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 51m
Exchange snapshot
1 EUR = 0.868 GBP · 1 EUR = 1.17 USD
As of 2026-04-24
On this day
2025: A car ramming attack at a Lapu-Lapu Day festival kills 11 people and injures at least 30 in Vancouver, Canada.
2015: Nursultan Nazarbayev is re-elected President of Kazakhstan with 97.7% of the vote, one of the biggest vote shares in Kazakhstan's history.
2005: Cedar Revolution: Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 08:34 PM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 03:34 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 12:34 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 11:34 PM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 03:34 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 04:34 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 05:34 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 04:34 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Gent bevindt zich in de tijdzone Europe/Brussels (CEST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +02:00.
Ja, Gent hanteert momenteel zomertijd (DST).
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Gent is UTC+02:00.
Gent sits at 51.05°N, 3.72°E in België, with about 265.1K residents (rank #3 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Gent is London, about 272 km away as the crow flies.
Sint-Amandsberg is the closest indexed city, roughly 3 km from Gent.
Brussels Airport (BRU) is the closest curated airport reference, about 56 km from Gent.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in België, on vrijdag 1 mei 2026.
