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🇸🇪 Sweden · Europe
Current time in Stockholm
11:45:44
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Stockholm time zone
- IANA time zone
- Europe/Stockholm
- Current offset
- UTC+2 from UTC
- Daylight saving time
- Observed. Stockholm uses UTC+1 in winter and UTC+2 during daylight saving time.
- Coordinates
- 59.3293°, 18.0686°
- Population
- 975K
Time difference from Stockholm
- London is 1 hour behind Stockholm.
- New York is 6 hours behind Stockholm.
- Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Stockholm.
About Stockholm's time zone
Sweden adopted Central European Time in 1879, among the earliest formal time-zone standardisations anywhere, and has observed the EU-coordinated daylight saving schedule since joining it in 1980. Its high latitude means summer evenings during DST stay light well past 10pm.
Frequently asked questions
- What time zone is Stockholm in?
- Stockholm uses the Europe/Stockholm time zone, currently UTC+2 from UTC.
- Does Stockholm observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Stockholm uses UTC+1 in winter and switches to UTC+2 during daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Stockholm and other major cities?
- London is 1 hour behind Stockholm; New York is 6 hours behind Stockholm; Tokyo is 7 hours ahead of Stockholm.