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Time in Greenland now

12:36:35PM

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Greenland has 3 time zones. The time zone for the capital Nuuk is used here.
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Time zone info for Greenland

UTC -1

Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST)
now 3 hours ahead of New York

From 27 October 2024: UTC -2 / Western Greenland Time (WGT)
The time in Greenland is normally 3 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Greenland can for a short while be two hours ahead of the time in New York.
Latest time zone news: Time zone change in Greenland
The IANA time zone identifier for Greenland is America/Nuuk.

Saturday March 30 2024

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC -1 / Western Greenland Summer Time (WGST).
The time was set forward one hour from 11:00PM to 12:00AM local time.

Sunday October 27 2024

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC -2 / Western Greenland Time (WGT).
The time will be set back one hour from 12:00AM to 11:00PM local time.

Time difference
from Greenland

Los Angeles	−6 hours	−6 hours
Chicago	−4 hours	−4 hours
New York	−3 hours	−3 hours
Toronto	−3 hours	−3 hours
São Paulo	−2 hours	−2 hours
UTC	+1 hours
Lagos	+2 hours
London	+2 hours
Cairo	+3 hours
Johannesburg	+3 hours
Paris	+3 hours
Zurich	+3 hours
Istanbul	+4 hours
Moscow	+4 hours
Dubai	+5 hours
Mumbai	+6.5 hours
Hong Kong	+9 hours
Shanghai	+9 hours
Singapore	+9 hours
Tokyo	+10 hours
Sydney	+11 hours

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Greenland on the map

Continent: North America
Area: 2,166,086 km²
Capital: Nuuk
Currency: Krone (DKK)
Calling code: +299
Internet top level domain: .gl
Latitude: 72.00. Longitude: -40.00
Population: 56,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Greenland 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.

10 places in
Greenland

Aasiaat Ilulissat Maniitsoq Nanortalik Narsaq Nuuk Paamiut Qaqortoq Sisimiut Tasiilaq