Time in Copenhagen
It is 13:29 on Sunday, 1 November 2026 in Copenhagen. Copenhagen is in Denmark. Civil time uses the IANA zone Europe/Copenhagen at +01:00 from UTC (not 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+01:00
- Abbreviation
- CET
- IANA
- Europe/Copenhagen
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in Copenhagen
Copenhagen is currently on its standard offset. Clocks in Copenhagen next go forward on 28 March 2027 at 03:00 local time, moving from UTC+01:00 to UTC+02:00.
Daylight in Copenhagen today
The sun rises at 07:15 and sets at 16:30, giving 9 h 15 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 11:53, 7 minutes before the clock reads twelve, because Copenhagen sits east of the 15° E meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 07:15
- Sunset
- 16:30
- Daylight
- 9 h 15 m
- Solar noon
- 11:53Solar 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 13:29 in Copenhagen as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. Copenhagen uses the IANA zone Europe/Copenhagen, currently +01:00.
- Which time zone is Copenhagen in?
- Copenhagen is in the CET time zone (Europe/Copenhagen), currently +01:00. 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 +01:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in Copenhagen is 13:00.
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