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Oulu

UTC+3

Finland · EEST

Summer
03:44:15Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 02:18↓ 00:2424:00
Sunrise
02:18
Sunset
00:24
Daylight
-1.9hrs
Population
210K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

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

Practical Info

Oulu (Finland) is home to roughly 210K people. Today brings about -1.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 02:18, sunset at 00:24. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 65° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.

Flag

Finland

Finland

Capital

Helsinki

Continent

Europe

Time Zone

EEST · Europe/Helsinki

Coordinates

65.01°N, 25.47°E

Currency

EUR (€)

Calling Code

+358

Driving Side

Right

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Finnish, Swedish

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

The Air Guitar World Championships

Oulu has hosted the Air Guitar World Championships since 1996, on the stated principle that world peace will follow if everyone has an air guitar. It is also a serious technology centre, with Nokia's research roots here.

The clock: Oulu keeps UTC+2 at 65° north, where the sea freezes solid enough each winter that people cycle across it.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

9h overlap

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