Faroe Islands · WEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands runs on UTC+1. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 5-hour difference between Tórshavn and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Tórshavn lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Tórshavn and London currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Tórshavn lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Tórshavn and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Tórshavn lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lisbon, Lagos, Casablanca. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Tórshavn.
Practical Info
Tórshavn (Faroe Islands) is home to roughly 23K people. Today brings about 19.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 03:36, sunset at 23:18. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 62° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
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Faroe Islands
Capital
Tórshavn 👑
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
WEST · Atlantic/Faroe
Coordinates
62.01°N, 6.77°W
Currency
DKK (kr)
Calling Code
+298
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Faroese, Danish
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
The Faroese Løgting traces its origins to around AD 900, which makes it one of the oldest parliaments in the world. It still meets in Tórshavn, in a town of about 13,000 people.
The clock: Tórshavn keeps UTC+0 with Britain rather than UTC+1 with Denmark, which governs it — one of the few places where an autonomous territory chose a different hour from its capital.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap