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Time in Helsinki, Finland now

12:51:34PM

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Sun: ↑ 04:36AM ↓ 09:57PM (17h 21m) - More info - Make Helsinki time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Helsinki

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 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 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 03:00AM to 04:00AM 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 04:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Helsinki

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
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
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	+7 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Helsinki

Sunrise: 04:36AM
Sunset: 09:57PM
Day length: 17h 21m
Solar noon: 01:17PM
The current local time in Helsinki is 77 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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Best restaurants in Helsinki

#1 Kauppatori
#2 Ravintola 305 - European and vegetarian options food
#3 Itsuyaki Forum - Asian food

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