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Time in Karlstad, Sweden now

01:08:34AM

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

April Fools' Day

Karlstad switched to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:32AM ↓ 07:48PM (13h 17m) - More info - Make Karlstad time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Karlstad

UTC +2

Central European Summer Time (CEST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET)
The time in Karlstad is normally 6 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 Karlstad can for a short while be 5 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Karlstad is Europe/Stockholm.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +2 / Central European Summer Time (CEST).
The time was set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / Central European Time (CET).
The time will be set back one hour from 03:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Karlstad

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Cairo	0
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Karlstad

Sunrise: 06:32AM
Sunset: 07:48PM
Day length: 13h 17m
Solar noon: 01:10PM
The current local time in Karlstad is 70 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Karlstad on the map

Location: Sweden
Latitude: 59.379. Longitude: 13.504
Population: 61,000

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