Hestur in numbers
- Coordinates
- 61.9558, -6.8826
- Population
- 44
- Region
- Streymoy
- Country
- Faroe Islands, Europe
- Capital
- Tórshavn — 8 km away
What time is it in Hestur, Streymoy, Faroe Islands
The present local time in Hestur, Streymoy, Faroe Islands is given below, for the Atlantic/Faroe time zone (+1).
Hestur, Faroe Islands
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+1 · Atlantic/Faroe
Local time in Hestur
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
Hestur keeps Atlantic/Faroe time.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:25 Solar noon 13:28 Sunset 20:31 Daylight 14 h 05 min Night 9 h 55 min Civil twilight 05:38 – 21:18
Weather in Hestur right now
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Hestur and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 280
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Streymoy
Nearby places
- Velbastadur — 3.2 km
- Kirkjubour — 4.8 km
- Koltur — 5.4 km
- Skopun — 5.9 km
- Sydradalur — 7.1 km
- Syðradalur — 7.1 km
Hestur: clock, sun and surroundings
1 postal code is current for Hestur.
Hestur keeps the Atlantic/Faroe zone, which is UTC+1. Whether summer time is observed: Yes.
At Hestur the sun clears the horizon at 06:25 and sinks again at 20:31. The gap between them is 14 h 05 min.
The local time of Hestur is shared by neighbouring Velbastadur and Kirkjubour.
Questions and answers
- Can you tell me the time zone for Hestur?
- Hestur is in Atlantic/Faroe, with an offset of +1.
- Does Hestur shift its clocks seasonally?
- Daylight saving time in Hestur: Yes.
- What is the sunset time for Hestur?
- 20:31.