United States
Time now in Denmark
Saturday, 22 August 2026
Sunrise 06:22Sunset 07:54Time zone UTC −5
Time zone
America/Chicago
UTC offset
UTC −5
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
423
Sunrise
06:22
Sunset
07:54
Day length
13h 32m
Coordinates
40.74, -91.34
Time difference from Denmark
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Denmark right now.
Denmark on the map
About the time in Denmark
Denmark is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −5 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Denmark runs on America/Chicago, which puts the city UTC −5 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Denmark sits at latitude 40.74, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 13h 32m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Denmark
- What are normal business hours in Denmark in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Denmark runs from 14:00–22:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Denmark?
- Denmark is UTC −5 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Chicago, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Denmark right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Denmark, updating every second from America/Chicago (UTC −5).
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