Norway · CEST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Tromsø, Norway runs on UTC+2. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. There is a 6-hour difference between Tromsø and New York. 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 Tromsø lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Tromsø and London. 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 Tromsø lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Tromsø and Tokyo. 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 Tromsø 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 Tromsø.
Practical Info
Tromsø (Norway) is home to roughly 78K people. Today brings about 23.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 00:30, sunset at 23:30. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer. Next change: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 70° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Norway
Capital
Oslo
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
CEST · Europe/Oslo
Coordinates
69.65°N, 18.96°E
Currency
NOK (kr)
Calling Code
+47
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Norwegian
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Tromsø sits at 69.6° north, so the sun stays below the horizon from late November to mid-January and never sets from mid-May to late July. It has the northernmost university, cathedral and brewery in the world.
The clock: Tromsø keeps UTC+1 and still observes daylight saving, which during the polar night changes nothing whatsoever.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap