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Gothenburg

UTC+2

Sweden · CEST

Summer
02:43:00Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 04:12↓ 22:1224:00
Sunrise
04:12
Sunset
22:12
Daylight
18.0hrs
Population
600K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Gothenburg, Sweden runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 6-hour difference between Gothenburg and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Gothenburg lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Gothenburg and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Gothenburg lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Gothenburg and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Gothenburg lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Gothenburg.

Practical Info

Gothenburg (Sweden) is home to roughly 600K people. Today brings about 18.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:12, sunset at 22:12. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 58° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Sweden

Sweden

Capital

Stockholm

Continent

Europe

Time Zone

CEST · Europe/Stockholm

Coordinates

57.71°N, 11.97°E

Currency

SEK (kr)

Calling Code

+46

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Swedish

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

Scandinavia's Largest Port

The Port of Gothenburg handles roughly 30% of Swedish foreign trade and is the largest port in the Nordic countries. The city was founded by royal charter in 1621 and laid out by Dutch engineers, which is why it has canals.

The clock: Gothenburg keeps UTC+1. Its Liseberg amusement park is among the most visited in Europe, and shuts entirely for the dark half of the year.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

8h overlap
GothenburgUTC+2
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824