Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Time now in Spitsbergen
Sunrise —Sunset —Time zone UTC +2
Time zone
Arctic/Longyearbyen
UTC offset
UTC +2
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
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Sunrise
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Sunset
—
Day length
Polar day/night
Coordinates
78.05, 17.71
Time difference from Spitsbergen
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Spitsbergen right now.
Spitsbergen on the map
About the time in Spitsbergen
The zone identifier Arctic/Longyearbyen is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Arctic/Longyearbyen keeps pointing at Longyearbyen time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Spitsbergen sits at latitude 78.05, in the high-latitude band, so day length here swings sharply between midwinter and midsummer — today's — is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Spitsbergen day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 07:00–15:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Frequently asked questions about time in Spitsbergen
- When do the sun rise and set in Spitsbergen today?
- Sunrise is at — and sunset at —, giving — of daylight.
- What time is it in Spitsbergen right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Spitsbergen, updating every second from Arctic/Longyearbyen (UTC +2).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Arctic/Longyearbyen, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Spitsbergen in?
- Spitsbergen uses Arctic/Longyearbyen, currently UTC +2.
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