Time in Nuuk
The current offset in Nuuk is UTC-1, on the America/Nuuk zone. Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
Nuuk, Greenland
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- America/Nuuk
- Abbreviation
- —
- Standard offset
- UTC-2
- Daylight offset
- UTC-1
- Country
- Greenland (GL)
- Coordinates
- 64.18, -51.72
Daylight saving time
Clocks in Nuuk change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2026-10-24 at 23:59Clocks go back 60 minutes (UTC-1 → UTC-2)
- 2027-03-28 at 22:59Clocks go forward 60 minutes (UTC-2 → UTC-1)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 06:35
- Sunset
- 22:25
- Daylight
- 15 hours 50 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Nuuk in?
- Nuuk uses the America/Nuuk time zone, currently UTC-1. Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Nuuk observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Nuuk moves between UTC-2 in winter and UTC-1 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between Nuuk and UTC?
- UTC-1 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC-2 and UTC-1 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in Nuuk?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 06:35 and sunset 22:25 local time, giving 15 hours 50 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.