Time in Helsinki
Helsinki runs on Europe/Helsinki, currently UTC+3 (EEST). Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
Helsinki, Finland
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- Europe/Helsinki
- Abbreviation
- EEST
- Standard offset
- UTC+2
- Daylight offset
- UTC+3
- Country
- Finland (FI)
- Coordinates
- 60.17, 24.94
Daylight saving time
Clocks in Helsinki change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2026-10-25 at 03:59Clocks go back 60 minutes (UTC+3 → UTC+2)
- 2027-03-28 at 02:59Clocks go forward 60 minutes (UTC+2 → UTC+3)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 05:48
- Sunset
- 20:59
- Daylight
- 15 hours 12 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Helsinki in?
- Helsinki uses the Europe/Helsinki time zone, currently UTC+3 (EEST). Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Helsinki observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Helsinki moves between UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between Helsinki and UTC?
- UTC+3 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC+2 and UTC+3 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in Helsinki?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 05:48 and sunset 20:59 local time, giving 15 hours 12 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.