Cologne
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About Cologne
Cologne is the fourth-most populous city in Germany and the largest in North Rhine-Westphalia, with over one million inhabitants. The Cologne Bonn urban region has over 3.1 million. The city is centred on the left bank of the Rhine, about 35 kilometres southeast of the state capital Düsseldorf and 22 kilometres northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. It belongs to the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region. Cologne uses UTC+1 in winter and UTC+2 in summer, the same as Paris and Berlin. Clocks change on the last Sunday of March and the last Sunday of October. The city is 6 hours ahead of New York all year.
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Does Cologne use daylight saving time?+
Yes. Cologne moves from UTC+1 to UTC+2 on the last Sunday of March and returns to UTC+1 on the last Sunday of October.
How many hours is Cologne ahead of New York?+
The difference is 6 hours in January and 6 hours in July. A 3 pm meeting in New York falls at 9 pm in Cologne.
Which German city has the same time as Cologne?+
Berlin uses the same offsets, UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July. Paris keeps the same clock time as well.
How large is Cologne?+
Cologne is the fourth-most populous city of Germany, with over one million inhabitants in the city proper and over 3.1 million in the Cologne Bonn urban region.
How far is Cologne from Düsseldorf and Bonn?+
Cologne lies on the Rhine, about 35 kilometres southeast of the state capital Düsseldorf and 22 kilometres northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany.