Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany uses Europe/Berlin, currently CEST (UTC+02:00). Clocks move back 1 hour on 25 October 2026.
Münster is a city in Germany, with a population of about 308,300. Its time shifts forward and back with the seasons under daylight saving rules.
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Münster lies in Westphalia in northwestern Germany, with a rebuilt historic centre ringed by the Promenade, a tree-lined path on the line of the old walls. It is a university city and is known above all for cycling.
The Peace of Westphalia was signed in the city hall in the Prinzipalmarkt, ending the Thirty Years' War, and the Hall of Peace is preserved. The cathedral holds an astronomical clock, the arcaded Prinzipalmarkt is the city's signature street, and the Aasee lake and the surrounding moated castles of Münsterland are the local landscape.
The city has one of the highest rates of cycling in Germany, and a bicycle is genuinely the natural way to get around, with a large parking station at the railway station. The centre is compact and walkable, and the Promenade circles it.
Late spring through early autumn is much the most pleasant for cycling and the lake. Rain is frequent year-round, and winters are grey and damp rather than severely cold.
Germany uses the EUR, calling code +49.
Germany uses the euro, and German is the everyday language with English widely understood among students. Manner is direct and punctuality matters, and card acceptance has improved though cash is still preferred by some businesses.
