Time in Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Longyearbyen Now
Friday, 6 November 2026
CET (UTC+01:00)
Time zone information for Longyearbyen
UTC +1
Central European Time (CET) , currently 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST)
▪Time in Longyearbyen is 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Longyearbyen is
Arctic/Longyearbyen.October25Sunday2026
Latest change: Standard time began
- ▪Switched to UTC +1 / Central European Standard Time (CET).
- ▪The time was set backward one hour from 03:00 to 02:00 local time.
March28Sunday2027
Next change: Daylight saving time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
- ▪The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00 to 03:00 local time.
Longyearbyen on map
- ▪Location: Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- ▪Latitude: 78,22. Longitude: 15,65
- ▪Population: 2,368
- ▪Elevation: 1 m
Time difference
from Longyearbyen
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Arctic/Longyearbyen- Abbreviation
- CET
- UTC offset
- UTC+01:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- DST Starts
- 28 Mar 2027in 141 days, 2 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1794003542
Sun & astronomy
- Polar day / night
- Polar night (the sun does not rise)
- Sunrise
- —
- Sunset
- —
- Solar noon
- 11:40
- Day length
- 0h 00m
- Night length
- 24h 00m
- Civil twilight
- 09:31 – 13:48
Geography & country
- Country
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Region / State
- Svalbard
- Coordinates
- 78.223°, 15.647°
- Elevation
- 1 m
- Population
- 2,368
- Classification
- Capital city
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