Finland · EEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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.
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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?
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
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.