Germany and India: how many working hours a remote team actually shares
Between Germany and India the working days overlap by 5 h 30 min, whichever cities you pick and whatever the season.
City by city
Shared hours of a 09:00–18:00 working day, computed for August 28, 2026.
| Germany | Mumbai | Bengaluru |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 5 h 30 min | 5 h 30 min |
| Munich | 5 h 30 min | 5 h 30 min |
Is that enough?
The staffing rule of thumb is 2–3 shared hours for engineering, 4–6 for sales and support. Against the best city pairing in this corridor:
| Engineering, async-friendly (2–3 h) | 5 h 30 min | works |
|---|---|---|
| Sales and support (4–6 h) | 5 h 30 min | tight |
Working out what those hours cost? The meeting-cost calculator prices a recurring call in both countries. costof.autofract.com
What daylight saving does to it
The gap between these two countries is not constant. Over the next twelve months it takes these values:
| From | to | Difference | Shared working hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 28, 2026 | October 24, 2026 | +3 h 30 min | 5 h 30 min |
| October 25, 2026 | March 27, 2027 | +4 h 30 min | 4 h 30 min |
| March 28, 2027 | October 1, 2027 | +3 h 30 min | 5 h 30 min |
The city pairs behind these numbers
Offsets and daylight-saving rules come from the IANA time zone database through the standard Intl API — the same source the board uses, so nothing here is a hand-written offset table. Working hours are 09:00–18:00 local on both sides unless you change them on the board. City names and coordinates: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
Computed on August 28, 2026 · About