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Time in Karlstad, Sweden now

10:53:31PM

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Celebration of the Greek Revolution / Waffle Day

Karlstad switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:52AM ↓ 06:32PM (12h 39m) - More info - Make Karlstad time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Karlstad

UTC +1

Central European Time (CET)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
The time in Karlstad is normally 6 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 Karlstad can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Karlstad is Europe/Stockholm.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time was set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Karlstad

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Karlstad

Sunrise: 05:52AM
Sunset: 06:32PM
Day length: 12h 39m
Solar noon: 12:12PM
The current local time in Karlstad is 12 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Karlstad on the map

Location: Sweden
Latitude: 59.379. Longitude: 13.504
Population: 61,000

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