Sweden · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Linköping, 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 Linköping 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 Linköping lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Linköping 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 Linköping lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Linköping 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 Linköping 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 Linköping.
Practical Info
Linköping (Sweden) is home to roughly 120K people. Today brings about 18.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 03:54, 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
Capital
Stockholm
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Stockholm
Coordinates
58.41°N, 15.62°E
Currency
SEK (kr)
Calling Code
+46
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Swedish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Saab has built aircraft in Linköping since 1937, and the Gripen fighter is assembled here. The city also has a medieval cathedral and one of Sweden's largest open-air museums.
The clock: Linköping keeps UTC+1. Sweden switched from driving on the left to the right overnight on 3 September 1967 — at 05:00, a moment the whole country had to synchronise to.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap