Time in Sweden now
1:05PMCET
CETUTC+1+6 h vs New York (you)Europe/Stockholm
- 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 Sweden
Sweden 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.
Stockholm lies at 18.1° east, where mean solar time is UTC+1:12 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 12 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 Sweden
Yes. Sweden 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/Stockholm page.
Clock history of Sweden
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+1:12 in Stockholm), which ended on December 31, 1878, when SET (UTC+1) 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 Sweden year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Europe/Stockholm.
| 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 Sweden time
Time difference between Sweden and major cities
| City | Local time now | Sweden vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +6 h | +6 h | +6 h | 2 h / 2 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:05 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +9 h | +9 h | +9 h | none / none |
| London | 12:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +1 h | +1 h | +1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| Dubai | 4:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −3 h | −3 h | −2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
| New Delhi | 5:35 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 | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −7 h | −7 h | −6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| Beijing | 8:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −7 h | −7 h | −6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| Tokyo | 9:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −8 h | −8 h | −7 h | none / 1 h |
| Sydney | 11:05 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −10 h | −10 h | −8 h | none / none |
- In 2027, Sweden 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, Sweden 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, Sweden 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 Sweden’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in Sweden overlaps New York’s for 2 h in January (3:00 PM–5:00 PM Sweden time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Sweden it is 3:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Sweden overlaps London’s for 7 h in January (10:00 AM–5:00 PM Sweden time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Sweden it is 8:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Sweden overlaps New Delhi’s for 3 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–12:30 PM Sweden time), 4 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in Sweden 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 Stockholm and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariehamn Aland Islands | 140 km | 2:05 PM EET | +1 h |
| Saint Petersburg Russia | 690 km | 3:05 PM MSK | +2 h |
| Tórshavn Faroe Islands | 1,380 km | 12:05 PM WET | −1 h |
| Samara Russia | 2,070 km | 4:05 PM UTC+4 | +3 h |
| Reykjavík Iceland | 2,130 km | 12:05 PM GMT | −1 h |
| Ufa Russia | 2,320 km | 5:05 PM UTC+5 | +4 h |
Same clock as Sweden
These places keep exactly the same time as Sweden all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Ceuta, Europe/Andorra, Europe/Belgrade, Europe/Brussels, Europe/Budapest and 10 more).
Cities in Sweden
Sweden at a glance
- CapitalStockholm
- Population10,596,620
- Time zone IDEurope/Stockholm
- Standard timeCET (UTC+1)
- Daylight saving timeCEST (UTC+2)
- Calling code+46