Current time in Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland, keeps Eastern European Standard Time: UTC+02:00 in winter and UTC+03:00 in summer.
Current time in Helsinki
17:22:11
Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
Time zone in Helsinki
Sunrise and sunset in Helsinki
Sun and clock in Helsinki
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Helsinki comes at 12:20, because the city lies about 5° west of the meridian its clock is set to.
Daylight through the year in Helsinki
No city in another country and at least 30° of longitude away lies within a degree of Helsinki’s latitude; the closest, Anchorage at 61.2°N, has a longest day 26 minutes longer.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 08:20 | 15:50 | 7 h 31 m |
| December 15 | 09:19 | 15:12 | 5 h 53 m |
| January 15 | 09:09 | 15:50 | 6 h 40 m |
| February 15 | 07:59 | 17:10 | 9 h 10 m |
| March 15 | 06:37 | 18:21 | 11 h 44 m |
| April 15 | 06:03 | 20:38 | 14 h 34 m |
| May 15 | 04:41 | 21:52 | 17 h 11 m |
| June 15 | 03:54 | 22:47 | 18 h 52 m |
| July 15 | 04:22 | 22:30 | 18 h 8 m |
| August 15 | 05:34 | 21:16 | 15 h 42 m |
| September 15 | 06:48 | 19:43 | 12 h 55 m |
| October 15 | 08:00 | 18:12 | 10 h 13 m |
When the clocks change in Helsinki
Helsinki 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. The first time the record has Helsinki’s clocks put forward and later back again is 1942. The record opens with Helsinki’s own local mean time, UTC+01:39:49, kept until 1921.
| Date | Change | New offset |
|---|---|---|
| March 28, 2027 | Forward one hour: 03:00 becomes 04:00 | UTC+03:00 |
| October 31, 2027 | Back one hour: 04:00 becomes 03:00 | UTC+02:00 |
Calling Helsinki from another time zone
| Place | Helsinki’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 07:00–15:00 | — | — |
| New York | 02:00–10:00 | 1 h, 16:00–17:00 Helsinki time | 1 h to 2 h |
| London | 07:00–15:00 | 6 h, 11:00–17:00 Helsinki time | always 6 h |
| Tokyo | 16:00–00:00 | 1 h, 09:00–10:00 Helsinki time | 1 h to 2 h |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Helsinki, 6 listed cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, are still on Sunday. By 17:00 on Friday, 10 listed cities, including Tokyo and Seoul, have already reached Saturday.
Helsinki compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Helsinki | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 7 h behind | 7 h behind / 6 h behind |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 2 h behind | all year |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 2 h ahead | 1 h ahead / 2 h ahead |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 3 h 30 min ahead | 2 h 30 min ahead / 3 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 6 h ahead | 5 h ahead / 6 h ahead |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 7 h ahead | 6 h ahead / 7 h ahead |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 9 h ahead | 7 h ahead / 8 h ahead / 9 h ahead |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockholm | 400 km west | 1 h behind | 27 minutes later |
| Oslo | 790 km west | 1 h behind | 57 minutes later |
| Copenhagen | 880 km south-west | 1 h behind | 49 minutes later |
| Moscow | 890 km south-east | the same / 1 h ahead | 51 minutes earlier |
| Warsaw | 920 km south | 1 h behind | 16 minutes later |
| Berlin | 1,110 km south-west | 1 h behind | 46 minutes later |
| Kyiv | 1,140 km south | same clock | 22 minutes earlier |
| Prague | 1,300 km south-west | 1 h behind | 42 minutes later |
Beyond Helsinki’s own identifier, the nearest city in this directory on exactly the same clock is Kyiv, 1,140 km to the south, on Europe/Kyiv.
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 Helsinki in?
Helsinki keeps Europe/Helsinki, Eastern European Standard Time, at UTC+02:00, moving to Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00) during summer time. The identifier is named after Helsinki itself.
Is all of Finland on the same time as Helsinki?
Yes. Europe/Helsinki is the tz database’s only entry for Finland, and Helsinki keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Helsinki?
10 other countries and territories keep exactly Helsinki’s clock, changing on the same dates.
What is the time difference between Helsinki and Stockholm?
The clock in Stockholm, Sweden, about 400 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h behind Helsinki.