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Time.is

Time in Helsinki, Finland now

23:04:16

Friday, March 27, 2026, week 13

World Theatre Day

Helsinki switches to daylight saving time at 03:00 on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:00 ↓ 18:51 (12h 51m) - More info - Make Helsinki time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Helsinki

UTC +2

Eastern European Time (EET)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
The time in Helsinki is normally 7 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 Helsinki can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Helsinki is Europe/Helsinki.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET).
The time was set back one hour from 04:00 to 03:00 local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 03:00 to 04:00 local time.

Time difference
from Helsinki

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Helsinki

Sunrise: 06:00
Sunset: 18:51
Day length: 12h 51m
Solar noon: 12:26
The current local time in Helsinki is 26 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Helsinki on the map

Helsinki is the capital of Finland.
Latitude: 60.17. Longitude: 24.94
Population: 659,000

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