Time in Denmark now
1:03PMCET
CETUTC+1+6 h vs New York (you)Europe/Copenhagen
- Next clock change: Sunday, March 28, 2027: at 2:00 AM clocks go forward 1 hour to 3:00 AM (CEST, UTC+2)
- Next clock change: Sunday, October 31, 2027: at 3:00 AM clocks go back 1 hour to 2:00 AM (CET, UTC+1)
Time zone in Denmark
Denmark uses a single time zone: Central European Standard Time (CET, UTC+1) in winter and Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+2) in summer. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Copenhagen lies at 12.6° east, where mean solar time is UTC+0:50 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 10 min of its standard time, so the sun is highest close to noon in winter, and about 1:00 PM in summer.
Daylight saving time in Denmark
Yes. Denmark moves its clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday of March at 2:00 AM and back on the last Sunday of October at 3:00 AM (local time).
The dates come from EU Directive 2000/84/EC, which makes every member state change at the same instant, 1:00 a.m. GMT. The plan to end the changes has been stalled in the Council since 2019; the daylight saving time page explains it.
All coming change dates are on the Europe/Copenhagen page.
Clock history of Denmark
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+0:50 in Copenhagen), which ended on December 31, 1889, when CMT (UTC+0:50) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 45 of the 55 years. The first summer time in the record dates from 1916. The table summarises the clocks of Denmark year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Europe/Copenhagen.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970–1979 | UTC+1 all year | CET |
| 1980 onward | UTC+1 in winter, UTC+2 in summer | CET, CEST |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Denmark time
Time difference between Denmark and major cities
| City | Local time now | Denmark vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:03 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +6 h | +6 h | +6 h | 2 h / 2 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:03 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +9 h | +9 h | +9 h | none / none |
| London | 12:03 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +1 h | +1 h | +1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| Dubai | 4:03 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −3 h | −3 h | −2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
| New Delhi | 5:33 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −4 h 30 min | −4 h 30 min | −3 h 30 min | 3 h 30 min / 4 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 8:03 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −7 h | −7 h | −6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| Beijing | 8:03 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −7 h | −7 h | −6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| Tokyo | 9:03 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −8 h | −8 h | −7 h | none / 1 h |
| Sydney | 11:03 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −10 h | −10 h | −8 h | none / none |
- In 2027, Denmark is 5 h ahead of New York from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 6 h ahead of New York as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.
- In 2027, Denmark is 8 h ahead of Los Angeles from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 9 h ahead of Los Angeles as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.
- In 2027, Denmark is 9 h behind Sydney from March 28 to April 3 and from October 3 to October 30: the weeks between the two seasons, when one place has changed its clocks and the other has not yet.
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Denmark’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in Denmark overlaps New York’s for 2 h in January (3:00 PM–5:00 PM Denmark time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Denmark it is 3:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Denmark overlaps London’s for 7 h in January (10:00 AM–5:00 PM Denmark time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Denmark it is 8:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Denmark overlaps New Delhi’s for 3 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–12:30 PM Denmark time), 4 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in Denmark it is 1:30 PM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Copenhagen and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariehamn Aland Islands | 660 km | 2:03 PM EET | +1 h |
| London United Kingdom | 960 km | 12:03 PM GMT | −1 h |
| Minsk Belarus | 980 km | 3:03 PM UTC+3 | +2 h |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 2,100 km | 12:03 PM GMT | −1 h |
| Tunis Tunisia | 2,100 km | 1:03 PM CET | +0 h |
| Samara Russia | 2,410 km | 4:03 PM UTC+4 | +3 h |
Same clock as Denmark
These places keep exactly the same time as Denmark all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Ceuta, Europe/Andorra, Europe/Belgrade, Europe/Brussels, Europe/Budapest and 10 more).
Cities in Denmark
Denmark at a glance
- CapitalCopenhagen
- Population6,009,169
- Time zone IDEurope/Copenhagen
- Standard timeCET (UTC+1)
- Daylight saving timeCEST (UTC+2)
- Calling code+45