Greenland · WGST
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Nuuk, Greenland runs on UTC−1. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−2 in winter, UTC−1 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 3-hour difference between Nuuk and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 6 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 12:00–18:00 in Nuuk lines up with 09:00–15:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Nuuk and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–16:00 in Nuuk lines up with 11:00–18:00 in London. There is a 10-hour difference between Nuuk and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Praia, Mindelo. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Nuuk.
Practical Info
Nuuk (Greenland) is home to roughly 19K people. Today brings about -2.8 hours of daylight: sunrise at 02:54, sunset at 00:06. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−2 in winter, UTC−1 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 64° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Greenland
Capital
Nuuk 👑
Continent
North America
Time Zone
WGST · America/Nuuk
Coordinates
64.18°N, 51.72°W
Currency
DKK (kr)
Calling Code
+299
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Greenlandic, Danish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Nuuk holds roughly 19,000 residents, making it one of the smallest capitals in the world — in a territory of about 2.2 million square kilometres, which works out to fewer than 0.03 people per square kilometre nationally.
The clock: Greenland moved from UTC−3 to UTC−2 in March 2023 specifically to narrow the gap with Denmark from four hours to three, and stopped realigning its clock changes with Europe's.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
5h overlap