Saksun in numbers
- Coordinates
- 62.2482, -7.1724
- Population
- 37
- Region
- Streymoy
- Country
- Faroe Islands, Europe
- Capital
- Tórshavn — 34 km away
What time is it in Saksun, Streymoy, Faroe Islands
Below is the local time in Saksun, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, kept in the Atlantic/Faroe zone (+1).
Saksun, Faroe Islands
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+1 · Atlantic/Faroe
Local time in Saksun
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Saksun.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:26 Solar noon 13:29 Sunset 20:32 Daylight 14 h 07 min Night 9 h 53 min Civil twilight 05:38 – 21:21
Weather in Saksun right now
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Saksun and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 436
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
- Tjornuvik — 4.7 km
- Haldarsvik — 5.1 km
- Ljosa — 6.1 km
- Langasandur — 6.7 km
- Eidi — 7.0 km
- Gjanoyri — 7.4 km
Local time details for Saksun
Saksun spans 1 postal code.
The zone applied in Saksun is Atlantic/Faroe with offset UTC+1. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Today's times for Saksun: the sun is up at 06:26 and down at 20:32. That means 14 h 07 min of daylight.
The time in Saksun is also the time in nearby Tjornuvik and Haldarsvik.
Questions and answers
- What is the correct time zone for Saksun?
- The correct time zone for Saksun is Atlantic/Faroe, with an offset of +1.
- Does Saksun observe daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When does evening light leave Saksun?
- At 20:32.