Current time in Nuuk, Greenland
Greenland Time
UTC−01:00- Time zone
- Greenland Time · America/Nuuk
- UTC offset now
- UTC−01:00
- Daylight saving
- Forward the Saturday before the last Sunday in March at 23:00, back the last Sunday in October at 00:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 00:00 (UTC−1 → UTC−2).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Sermersooq, Greenland (capital) · 64.18° N, 51.72° W
- Population
- 14,798
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Nuuk at about 13:27 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 27 min ahead of the sun, a sign that the time zone is set far from local solar time. Over the year, solar noon falls between 13:10 and 14:33 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:27 | 19:42 | 12h 15m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 03:53 | 01:04 | 21h 11m |
| September equinox (Sep 22) | 08:10 | 20:27 | 12h 17m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 11:22 | 15:27 | 4h 06m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 08:30–20:02 (11 h 32 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Reykjavík, Iceland · 1,430 km · clock 1 h ahead
- St. John's, Canada · 1,850 km · clock 1 h 30 min behind
- Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon · 1,950 km · clock 1 h behind
- Sydney, Canada · 2,070 km · clock 2 h behind
- Moncton, Canada · 2,170 km · clock 2 h behind
- Tórshavn, Faroe Islands · 2,230 km · clock 2 h ahead