Longyearbyen
Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Thursday, 13th August 2026
- UTC offset
- UTC+2
- Time zone
- Arctic/LongyearbyenCEST
- Sunrise
- —
- Sunset
- —
- Daylight
- 24 hoursMidnight sun
- Daylight saving
- OnNext change in 73 days
Daylight saving in Longyearbyen
Clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday, 25th October 2026, at 2:59 am local time (2:00 am after the change).
Right now Longyearbyen is on CEST, UTC+2 — daylight saving time. That is 73 days away.
Longyearbyen time to your time
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Call times with London
Both places are at work between 10am and 17:00 in Longyearbyen — 9am to 3pm at the other end.
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Time difference between Longyearbyen and major cities
| City | Local time | 24h | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles PDT | 5:26 pm Wed | 17:26 | 9 hours behind |
| Mexico City CST | 6:26 pm Wed | 18:26 | 8 hours behind |
| Chicago CDT | 7:26 pm Wed | 19:26 | 7 hours behind |
| New York City EDT | 8:26 pm Wed | 20:26 | 6 hours behind |
| Toronto EDT | 8:26 pm Wed | 20:26 | 6 hours behind |
| São Paulo UTC-3 | 9:26 pm Wed | 21:26 | 5 hours behind |
| London BST | 1:26 am | 01:26 | 1 hour behind |
| Paris CEST | 2:26 am | 02:26 | the same time |
| Berlin CEST | 2:26 am | 02:26 | the same time |
| Johannesburg SAST | 2:26 am | 02:26 | the same time |
| Moscow MSK | 3:26 am | 03:26 | 1 hour ahead |
| Cairo EEST | 3:26 am | 03:26 | 1 hour ahead |
| Dubai UTC+4 | 4:26 am | 04:26 | 2 hours ahead |
| Delhi IST | 5:56 am | 05:56 | 3 hours 30 minutes ahead |
| Shanghai CST | 8:26 am | 08:26 | 6 hours ahead |
| Tokyo JST | 9:26 am | 09:26 | 7 hours ahead |
| Sydney AEST | 10:26 am | 10:26 | 8 hours ahead |
| Auckland NZST | 12:26 pm | 12:26 | 10 hours ahead |
About Longyearbyen
- Population
- 2368
- Coordinates
- 78.223, 15.647
- Region
- Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- IANA zone
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Solar noon
- 11:02 am
Sunrise and sunset above are computed from these coordinates with the NOAA solar equations — not looked up from a table, and not the same as the neighbouring city's.
Nearby and related
Questions people ask
What time is it in Longyearbyen right now?
It is 2:26 am (02:26 on a 24-hour clock) on Thursday, 13th August 2026 in Longyearbyen. The clock on this page updates every second and is set from the server, not from your device, so it stays right even if your own clock has drifted.
What time zone is Longyearbyen in?
Longyearbyen uses the Arctic/Longyearbyen time zone, currently CEST (UTC+2). That IANA identifier is the one to put in a calendar invite or a database column — abbreviations like CEST are ambiguous, IANA identifiers are not.
Is Longyearbyen on daylight saving time right now?
Yes — Longyearbyen is currently observing daylight saving time as CEST. Clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday, 25th October 2026, at 2:59 am local time (2:00 am after the change).
When do the clocks change in Longyearbyen?
The next change is on Sunday, 25th October 2026. Clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday, 25th October 2026, at 2:59 am local time (2:00 am after the change). After that the offset becomes UTC+1.
Does the sun set in Longyearbyen today?
No. Longyearbyen is far enough north that the sun stays above the horizon for the whole 24 hours at this time of year.
How many hours ahead is Longyearbyen of Los Angeles?
Longyearbyen is 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. When it is 2:26 am in Longyearbyen, it is 5:26 pm in Los Angeles. The full comparison table on this page covers twenty major cities and recalculates itself whenever either end changes its clocks.
Where exactly is Longyearbyen?
Longyearbyen is in Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, at 78.22° N, 15.65° E, with a population of about 2,368. Those coordinates are what the sunrise and sunset times above are calculated from.