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Time in Copenhagen, Denmark now

13:56:13

Sunday, May 17, 2026, week 20

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

Sun: ↑ 04:55 ↓ 21:18 (16h 23m) - More info - Make Copenhagen time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Copenhagen

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Copenhagen is Europe/Copenhagen.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Copenhagen

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Copenhagen

Sunrise: 04:55
Sunset: 21:18
Day length: 16h 23m
Solar noon: 13:06
The current local time in Copenhagen is 66 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Copenhagen on the map

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark.
Latitude: 55.68. Longitude: 12.57
Population: 1,154,000

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