Current Time in Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen 🇸🇯
Lat/Long: 78.22° N, 15.63° E
Country: 🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen
IANA Timezone: Arctic/Longyearbyen
Timezone: CET
Daylight Saving Time: Yes ✅ (Abbreviation: CEST)
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Svalbard and Jan Mayen: CET
Daylight Saving Timezone Abbreviations used in Svalbard and Jan Mayen: CEST
Weather forecast for Longyearbyen provided by Weather.now
Moon Phases & Times for Longyearbyen
Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
Illumination
97.7%
Next Moonrise
↑
Moon does not rise soon
Next Moonset
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Moon is continuously below horizon
View the detailed moon calendar for Longyearbyen with moonphases, moonrise, and moonset times for any date.
FAQ — Time in Longyearbyen
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 15:24:25 in Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Longyearbyen uses Arctic/Longyearbyen (CET) — UTC+01:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Arctic/Longyearbyen, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
Yes, Longyearbyen observes Daylight Saving Time. Clocks move forward by one hour in spring and back by one hour in autumn. During DST, the local abbreviation becomes CEST (UTC+02:00). Check the Svalbard and Jan Mayen public holiday calendar for the exact transition dates each year.
Longyearbyen is currently +01:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Longyearbyen's local time, use our time calculator.
In Svalbard and Jan Mayen, daylight saving time changes typically happen twice a year. Clocks shift forward by one hour in spring (entering daylight saving time) and shift back by one hour in autumn (returning to standard time). Exact dates vary; see the Svalbard and Jan Mayen calendar for this year's transition.