Time in Copenhagen
It is 04:28 on Thursday, 17 September 2026 in Copenhagen. Copenhagen is in Denmark. Civil time uses the IANA zone Europe/Copenhagen at +02:00 from UTC (in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
Copenhagen uses Europe/Copenhagen on Central European Time, switching between UTC+01:00 in winter and UTC+02:00 in summer with the EU daylight saving calendar.
Office hours commonly run about 08:00–16:00 or 09:00–17:00. Overlap with London is strong; New York mornings align with Copenhagen afternoons.
Europe/Copenhagen tracks the EU DST calendar with Paris and Berlin. Denmark has no national extra rule; the id exists so Faroese and Greenland zones stay separate in tzdb.
Copenhagen time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Abbreviation
- CEST
- IANA
- Europe/Copenhagen
- DST
- in effect
Daylight saving in Copenhagen
Daylight saving is currently in effect, so Copenhagen is running one step ahead of its standard offset. Clocks in Copenhagen next go back on 25 October 2026 at 02:00 local time, moving from UTC+02:00 to UTC+01:00.
Daylight in Copenhagen today
The sun rises at 06:45 and sets at 19:22, giving 12 h 37 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 13:04, 64 minutes after the clock reads twelve, because Copenhagen sits west of the 30° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:45
- Sunset
- 19:22
- Daylight
- 12 h 37 m
- Solar noon
- 13:04Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call Copenhagen
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in Copenhagen and the same hours in other major cities.
Popular time differences
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About Copenhagen
- Population
- 667,099The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- Capital Region
- Coordinates
- 55.6761° N, 12.5689° ELatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- Danish Krone (DKK)
- Calling code
- +45Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- Danish
- Airports
- CPHCopenhagen KastrupArrival and departure boards at these airports quote Copenhagen local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in Copenhagen
- What time is it in Copenhagen right now?
- It is 04:28 in Copenhagen as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Copenhagen uses the IANA zone Europe/Copenhagen, currently +02:00.
- Which time zone is Copenhagen in?
- Copenhagen is in the CEST time zone (Europe/Copenhagen), currently +02:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does Copenhagen observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Copenhagen shifts its clocks during the year, so the difference to cities that do not change moves by an hour twice a year.
- Is Copenhagen ahead of or behind UTC?
- Copenhagen is currently at +02:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Copenhagen is 14:00.
Well-known places in Copenhagen
If you are checking the time in Copenhagen because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- Tivoli GardensRead more on Wikipedia
- AmalienborgRead more on Wikipedia
- Christiansborg PalaceRead more on Wikipedia