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1 October 2026ThursdayThursday, 1 October 2026

Calling Code +47

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CITY	LOCAL TIME	Difference	Coming up
London United Kingdom	01:00	−1h
Berlin Germany	02:00	±0h
Dubai UAE	04:00	+2h	Becomes +3h on 25 Oct
Tokyo Japan	09:00	+7h	Becomes +8h on 25 Oct
Sydney Australia	10:00	+8h	Becomes +9h on 4 Oct
New York United States	20:00Wed	−6h	Becomes −5h on 24 Oct
Los Angeles United States	17:00Wed	−9h	Becomes −8h on 24 Oct

Sun & moon in Longyearbyen today

Sunrise

07:26

Sunset

18:08

Daylight

10.7hrs

Next full moon

26 Oct

Hunter's Moon

Annual daylight in Longyearbyen

Working hours in Longyearbyen

7h overlap

LongyearbyenUTC+2

06121824

Your locationUTC+0

06121824

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Time zone guide for Longyearbyen

Longyearbyen, Svalbard runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. The time difference between Longyearbyen and New York is 6 hours. 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 Longyearbyen lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Longyearbyen and London is 1 hour. 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 Longyearbyen lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Longyearbyen and Tokyo is 7 hours. 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 Longyearbyen 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 Longyearbyen.

Practical information for Longyearbyen

Longyearbyen (Svalbard) is home to roughly 2K people. Today brings about 10.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:26, sunset at 18:08. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 78° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Svalbard

Capital

Longyearbyen 👑

Continent

Europe

Time Zone

UTC+2 · Arctic/Longyearbyen

Coordinates

78.22°N, 15.63°E

Currency

NOK (kr)

Calling Code

+47

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Norwegian

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

A Seed Vault in the Permafrost

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, opened in 2008, holds over a million seed samples about 130 metres inside a mountain, kept at −18°C as a backup for the world's crop diversity. Only one depositor has ever withdrawn seeds: ICARDA, the research centre forced out of Aleppo by the Syrian war, three times between 2015 and 2019.

The clock: Longyearbyen keeps UTC+1 at 78° north — where the sun does not set from late April to late August, and does not rise from late October to mid-February.

The sun and the clock in Longyearbyen (2026)

Solar noon11:57on UTC+1 standard time

Longest day24h21 June

Shortest day0 hours21 December

Yearly average12h 32mof daylight a day

Earliest sunrise01:1919 April

Latest sunset00:3519 April

Longyearbyen lies at 15.6°E. Its time zone, UTC+1, is built around the 15°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 11:57, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 57 minutes and pushing solar noon to 12:57.

Longyearbyen is inside the polar circle. Across 2026 the sun never sets on 128 days around midsummer, and never rises on 111 days around midwinter. Beyond the polar circle the sun stops rising and setting daily for part of the year.

The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Longyearbyen that civil twilight runs about 106 minutes at the equinox.

Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.

Frequently asked questions

What is the current time and timezone in Longyearbyen?

The official timezone for Longyearbyen, Svalbard is Arctic/Longyearbyen with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.

What is the population and location of Longyearbyen?

Longyearbyen has an estimated population of 2K and is located at coordinates 78.22°N, 15.63°E. It is the capital city of Svalbard.

How many hours of daylight does Longyearbyen get?

Longyearbyen gets 24h of daylight on its longest day and 0 hours on its shortest, averaging 12h 32m a day across the year.

What time is solar noon in Longyearbyen?

Solar noon in Longyearbyen falls at about 11:57 on UTC+1 standard time, because the city sits 0.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.

What is an interesting fact or statistic about Longyearbyen?

A Seed Vault in the Permafrost: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, opened in 2008, holds over a million seed samples about 130 metres inside a mountain, kept at −18°C as a backup for the world's crop diversity.