Live time conversion and hour-by-hour comparison
This page shows the live time conversion between Berlin and New York. The hour-by-hour chart above makes it easy to find overlapping business hours for meetings or calls. Green highlights indicate standard business hours (9 AM – 5 PM) in each city.
Berlin/Germany and New York are 6 hours apart (5 during mutual DST overlap). Germany is the largest European economy and one of the US's most important trading partners. The transatlantic relationship spans automotive (VW, BMW, Daimler all have major US operations), pharmaceuticals (Bayer, Merck KGaA), industrial manufacturing (Siemens, BASF), and increasingly tech (SAP, Delivery Hero).
The Berlin-New York overlap window is 3 PM to 6 PM CET (9 AM to 12 PM ET). This is the prime coordination window — German afternoon meets New York morning. An 8 AM ET call pushes Berlin to 2 PM CET (post-lunch, good timing). German businesses typically end between 5-6 PM CET (11 AM-12 PM ET), so the latest comfortable Berlin time for a call is 5 PM CET / 11 AM ET.
German business culture values structured schedules and clear agendas. Meetings start precisely on time — arriving even 2-3 minutes late is noticed. Agendas are expected in advance. This contrasts with more flexible American meeting culture. When scheduling across the 6-hour gap, German participants expect the meeting to start and end exactly as planned, respecting both sides' schedules.
Germany and the US change clocks on different dates. Germany shifts on the last Sunday of March (last Sunday of October for fall-back), while the US shifts on the second Sunday of March (first Sunday of November). During the 2-3 week gap between US and German DST changes, the time difference is 5 hours instead of the usual 6. Always verify the current offset during March and late October.