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Time in Sweden now

05:28:58PM

Saturday, March 21, 2026

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Time zone info for Sweden

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 Sweden 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 Sweden can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Sweden 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 Sweden

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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Sweden on the map

Continent: Europe
Area: 449,964 km²
Capital: Stockholm
Currency: Krona (SEK)
Calling code: +46
Internet top level domain: .se
Latitude: 62.00. Longitude: 15.00
Population: 10,183,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Sweden 1860-2021

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

The 25 largest cities in
Sweden