Time in Greenland now

Time zones in Greenland now

Time zone in Greenland

Greenland has 3 different clock settings under the current rules, from AST (UTC−4) in Thule to GMT (UTC+0) in Danmarkshavn. The clock at the top shows the capital, Nuuk, on UTC−2 in winter and UTC−1 in summer.

The IANA time zone database divides Greenland into 4 zones. It needs more zones than there are clock settings because it also records history: two regions that keep the same time today get separate entries if their clocks differed at any point since 1970, which is why, for example, America/Nuuk and America/Scoresbysund are separate.

Nuuk lies at 51.7° west, where mean solar time is UTC−3:27 (four minutes per degree of longitude). Standard time runs 1 h 27 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 1:27 PM in winter and an hour later in summer. A gap of an hour or more means late sunrises and long evenings, even before summer time adds another hour.

Daylight saving time in Greenland

Partly. Regions on Atlantic Time and Nuuk time change their clocks; Danmarkshavn (UTC+0) stays on standard time all year.

In Nuuk clocks move forward one hour on the last Sunday of March at -1:00 AM and back on the last Sunday of October at 12:00 AM (local time).

All coming change dates are on the America/Nuuk page.

Clock history of Greenland

The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−3:27 in Nuuk), which ended on July 27, 1916, when UTC−3 replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 44 of the 55 years. The first summer time in the record dates from 1980. The table summarises the clocks of Nuuk year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry America/Nuuk.

Changes of the winter (standard) offset since 1970: Saturday, March 25, 2023, from UTC−3 to UTC−2.

Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.

Convert Greenland time

Time difference between Greenland and major cities

• In 2027, Nuuk is 2 h ahead of New York from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 3 h ahead of New York as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.
• In 2027, Nuuk is 5 h ahead of Los Angeles from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 6 h ahead of Los Angeles as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.

Office hours and calls

With JavaScript on, this line shows how Greenland’s office hours overlap yours today.

A 9-to-5 day in Nuuk overlaps New York’s for 5 h in January (12:00 PM–5:00 PM Nuuk time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Nuuk it is 6:00 AM in New York.

A 9-to-5 day in Nuuk overlaps London’s for 6 h in January (9:00 AM–3:00 PM Nuuk time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Nuuk it is 11:00 AM in London.

A 9-to-5 day in Nuuk overlaps New Delhi’s for 30 min in January (9:00 AM–9:30 AM Nuuk time), 1 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in Nuuk it is 4:30 PM in New Delhi.

Neighbouring time zones

The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Nuuk and the difference now.

Same clock as Greenland

These places keep exactly the same time as Greenland all year under the current rules (zones America/Scoresbysund).

• NuukGL

Cities in Greenland

• Nuuk10:05 AM

Greenland at a glance

• CapitalNuuk
• Population56,831
• Time zone IDAmerica/Nuuk
• Standard timeUTC−2
• Daylight saving timeUTC−1
• Calling code+299

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