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What time is it in Longyearbyen?

18:43:27

Friday 13 November 2026

  • Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  • Time zone UTC+01:00
  • Next clock change: 28 March 2027

Time difference with Longyearbyen

Longyearbyen is on UTC+01:00 right now: 1 hour ahead of UTC in winter and 2 hours ahead in summer.

CityTimeCompared with Longyearbyen
London United Kingdom 17:43 1 hour behind
New York United States 12:43 6 hours behind
Los Angeles United States 09:43 9 hours behind
Paris France 18:43 same time
Berlin Germany 18:43 same time
Dubai United Arab Emirates 21:43 3 hours ahead
New Delhi India 23:13 4 h 30 min ahead
Singapore Singapore 01:43 7 hours ahead
Hong Kong Hong Kong 01:43 7 hours ahead
Tokyo Japan 02:43 8 hours ahead
Sydney Australia 04:43 10 hours ahead
São Paulo Brazil 14:43 4 hours behind

Compare any two places with the time zone converter or find a slot with the meeting planner.

Daylight saving time in Longyearbyen

DateWhat happens
Sunday 28 March 2027 at 02:00 it becomes 03:00: clocks go forward by one hour (UTC+01:00 → UTC+02:00, summer time)
Sunday 31 October 2027 at 03:00 it becomes 02:00: clocks go back by one hour (UTC+02:00 → UTC+01:00)

Last change: Sunday 25 October 2026 (clocks went back by one hour).

History of local time in Longyearbyen

PeriodLegal time
since 1980UTC+1, summer time UTC+2
1950 – 1979UTC+1 all year round
1948 – 1949UTC+1, summer time UTC+2
1947successive offsets: UTC+1, UTC+2, UTC+3
until 1946UTC+1, summer time UTC+2

Official time zone (IANA database): Arctic/Longyearbyen. Daylight saving time in Svalbard and Jan Mayen: all dates · Daylight saving time around the world

Upcoming eclipses visible from Longyearbyen

  • 12 June 2029 · solar eclipsepartial, 20 % of the Sun covered at 05:37
  • 1 June 2030 · solar eclipsepartial, 29 % of the Sun covered at 08:10
  • 12 January 2028 · partial lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 05:13
  • 31 December 2028 · total lunar eclipsevisible, maximum at 17:52

All eclipses until 2035

Nearby places

Nearest time zone border: 1,071 km away, Nikel (Russia) is 2 hours ahead of Longyearbyen in winter and 1 hour ahead in summer.

Day and night around the world

World map: where it is day and where it is night right now, with Longyearbyen
  • Longyearbyen
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Sun and Moon in Longyearbyen

Polar night: the sun does not rise today.

Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise none that day · moonset none that day · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 12:47 · moon calendar