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Time in Helsinki, Finland now

11:19:57PM

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

World Backup Day / Freedom Day (Malta)

Helsinki switched to daylight saving time at 03:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:48AM ↓ 08:01PM (13h 13m) - More info - Make Helsinki time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Helsinki

UTC +3

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)
now 7 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET)
The time in Helsinki is normally 7 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Helsinki can for a short while be 6 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Helsinki is Europe/Helsinki.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +3 / Eastern European Summer Time (EEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 03:00AM to 04:00AM local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +2 / Eastern European Time (EET).
The time will be set back one hour from 04:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Helsinki

Los Angeles	−10 hours	−10 hours
Chicago	−8 hours	−8 hours
New York	−7 hours	−7 hours
Toronto	−7 hours	−7 hours
São Paulo	−6 hours	−6 hours
UTC	−3 hours	−3 hours
Lagos	−2 hours	−2 hours
London	−2 hours	−2 hours
Cairo	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	−1 hours	−1 hours
Zurich	−1 hours	−1 hours
Istanbul	0
Moscow	0
Dubai	+1 hours
Mumbai	+2.5 hours
Hong Kong	+5 hours
Shanghai	+5 hours
Singapore	+5 hours
Tokyo	+6 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Helsinki

Sunrise: 06:48AM
Sunset: 08:01PM
Day length: 13h 13m
Solar noon: 01:24PM
The current local time in Helsinki is 84 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Helsinki on the map

Helsinki is the capital of Finland.
Latitude: 60.17. Longitude: 24.94
Population: 659,000

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