Current Time in Nuuk, Greenland 🇬🇱
Lat/Long: 64.18° N, 51.72° W
Region: Sermersooq
Country: 🇬🇱 Greenland
IANA Timezone: America/Nuuk
Timezone: GMT-2
Daylight Saving Time: Yes ✅ (Abbreviation: GMT-1)
Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in Greenland: AST, GMT
Daylight Saving Timezone Abbreviations used in Greenland: ADT
Weather forecast for Nuuk provided by Weather.now
Sunrise & Sunset Times for Nuuk
Sunrise
in Nuuk
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6:33 AM
Sunset
in Nuuk
↓
10:24 PM
Day Length
15h 50m
Dawn
in Nuuk
5:31 AM
Dusk
in Nuuk
11:25 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Nuuk
Current Phase
First Quarter
Illumination
53.8%
Next Moonrise
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Moon does not rise soon
Next Moonset
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Moon is continuously below horizon
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FAQ — Time in Nuuk
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 10:56:17 in Nuuk, Greenland. 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.
Nuuk uses America/Nuuk (-02) — UTC-02:00. The IANA time zone identifier is America/Nuuk, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
Yes, Nuuk 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 -01 (UTC-01:00). Check the Greenland public holiday calendar for the exact transition dates each year.
Nuuk is currently -02:00 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 Nuuk's local time, use our time calculator.
In Greenland, 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 Greenland calendar for this year's transition.