Current time in Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark, keeps Central European Standard Time: UTC+01:00 in winter and UTC+02:00 in summer.
Current time in Copenhagen
16:22:11
Europe/Copenhagen · UTC+01:00
Time zone in Copenhagen
Sunrise and sunset in Copenhagen
Sun and clock in Copenhagen
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Copenhagen falls at 12:10: the city sits almost on the meridian its clock is set to.
Daylight through the year in Copenhagen
No city in another country and at least 30° of longitude away lies within a degree of Copenhagen’s latitude; the closest, Calgary at 51.0°N, has a longest day 59 minutes shorter.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 07:45 | 16:04 | 8 h 19 m |
| December 15 | 08:33 | 15:37 | 7 h 4 m |
| January 15 | 08:29 | 16:09 | 7 h 40 m |
| February 15 | 07:34 | 17:13 | 9 h 39 m |
| March 15 | 06:25 | 18:12 | 11 h 47 m |
| April 15 | 06:05 | 20:15 | 14 h 10 m |
| May 15 | 04:59 | 21:14 | 16 h 15 m |
| June 15 | 04:25 | 21:55 | 17 h 30 m |
| July 15 | 04:47 | 21:45 | 16 h 58 m |
| August 15 | 05:42 | 20:47 | 15 h 5 m |
| September 15 | 06:41 | 19:29 | 12 h 47 m |
| October 15 | 07:40 | 18:11 | 10 h 31 m |
When the clocks change in Copenhagen
Copenhagen follows the European rule: clocks go forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October, both at 01:00 UTC, so every country on the rule changes at the same instant.
These dates have applied since 1996. In 1995 the clocks went forward on March 26 and back on September 24.
| Date | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|
| March 28, 2027 | Forward one hour: 02:00 becomes 03:00 | UTC+02:00 |
| October 31, 2027 | Back one hour: 03:00 becomes 02:00 | UTC+01:00 |
Calling Copenhagen from another time zone
| Place | Copenhagen’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 08:00–16:00 | — | — |
| New York | 03:00–11:00 | 2 h, 15:00–17:00 Copenhagen time | 2 h to 3 h |
| London | 08:00–16:00 | 7 h, 10:00–17:00 Copenhagen time | always 7 h |
| Tokyo | 17:00–01:00 | none | none to 1 h |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Copenhagen, Honolulu and Anchorage are still on Sunday. By 17:00 on Friday, 20 listed cities, including Shanghai and Beijing, have already reached Saturday.
Copenhagen compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Copenhagen | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 6 h behind | 6 h behind / 5 h behind |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 1 h behind | all year |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 3 h ahead | 2 h ahead / 3 h ahead |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 4 h 30 min ahead | 3 h 30 min ahead / 4 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 7 h ahead | 6 h ahead / 7 h ahead |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 8 h ahead | 7 h ahead / 8 h ahead |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 10 h ahead | 8 h ahead / 9 h ahead / 10 h ahead |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 360 km south | same clock | 3 minutes earlier |
| Oslo | 480 km north | same clock | 7 minutes later |
| Stockholm | 520 km north-east | same clock | 22 minutes earlier |
| Amsterdam | 620 km south-west | same clock | 31 minutes later |
| Prague | 640 km south | same clock | 7 minutes earlier |
| Frankfurt | 670 km south-west | same clock | 16 minutes later |
| Warsaw | 670 km south-east | same clock | 34 minutes earlier |
| Brussels | 760 km south-west | same clock | 33 minutes later |
Beyond Copenhagen’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Berlin, 360 km to the south, on Europe/Berlin.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Copenhagen in?
Copenhagen keeps Europe/Copenhagen, Central European Standard Time, at UTC+01:00, moving to Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00) during summer time. In the tz database Europe/Copenhagen is an alias of Europe/Berlin: Copenhagen has kept Berlin’s time since at least 1970, and the entry’s older history is Berlin’s.
Is all of Denmark on the same time as Copenhagen?
Yes. Europe/Copenhagen is the tz database’s only entry for Denmark, and Copenhagen keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Copenhagen?
30 other countries and territories keep exactly Copenhagen’s clock, changing on the same dates.
What is the time difference between Copenhagen and Helsinki?
The clock in Helsinki, Finland, about 880 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h ahead of Copenhagen.