Greenland
Time now in Upernavik
Sunrise 05:36Sunset 11:59Time zone UTC −1
Time zone
America/Nuuk
UTC offset
UTC −1
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
1,129
Sunrise
05:36
Sunset
11:59
Day length
18h 24m
Coordinates
72.78, -56.15
Time difference from Upernavik
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Upernavik right now.
Upernavik on the map
About the time in Upernavik
Upernavik sits at latitude 72.78, in the high-latitude band, so day length here swings sharply between midwinter and midsummer — today's 18h 24m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Around 1,129 people live in Upernavik, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Upernavik runs on America/Nuuk, which puts the city UTC −1 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Upernavik
- Which time zone is Upernavik in?
- Upernavik uses America/Nuuk, currently UTC −1.
- When do the sun rise and set in Upernavik today?
- Sunrise is at 05:36 and sunset at 11:59, giving 18h 24m of daylight.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for America/Nuuk, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Upernavik right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Upernavik, updating every second from America/Nuuk (UTC −1).
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