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Time in Greenland now

01:49:18PM

Friday, 16 January, 2026, week 3

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 -2

Greenland Standard Time (GT)
now 3 hours ahead of New York

From 28 March 2026: UTC -1 / Greenland Summer Time (GST)
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.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -2 / Greenland Standard Time (GT).
The time was set back one hour from 12:00AM to 11:00PM local time.

Saturday March 28 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -1 / Greenland Summer Time (GST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 11:00PM to 12:00AM 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	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	+2 hours
UTC	+2 hours
Lagos	+3 hours
Paris	+3 hours
Zurich	+3 hours
Cairo	+4 hours
Johannesburg	+4 hours
Istanbul	+5 hours
Moscow	+5 hours
Dubai	+6 hours
Mumbai	+7.5 hours
Hong Kong	+10 hours
Shanghai	+10 hours
Singapore	+10 hours
Tokyo	+11 hours
Sydney	+13 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