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Time in Lapland, Finland now

06:05:32

Tuesday, 31 March, 2026, week 14

World Backup Day / Freedom Day (Malta)

Lapland switched to daylight saving time at 03:00 on Sunday, 29 March. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:27 ↓ 20:09 (13h 42m) - More info - Make Lapland time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Lapland

UTC +3

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET)
The time in Lapland 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 Lapland can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Lapland is Europe/Helsinki.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Lapland

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
Cairo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Lapland

Sunrise: 06:27
Sunset: 20:09
Day length: 13h 42m
Solar noon: 13:18
The current local time in Lapland is 78 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Lapland on the map

Location: Finland
Latitude: 67.75. Longitude: 26.50
Population: 177,000

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