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
The local time of Saksun, Streymoy, Faroe Islands is presented here, in line with the Atlantic/Faroe zone (+1).
Saksun, Faroe Islands
Friday, 16 October 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 8:16 AM Solar noon 1:15 PM Sunset 6:14 PM Daylight 9 h 58 min Night 14 h 02 min Civil twilight 7:31 AM – 7:00 PM
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 and its neighbours Tjornuvik and Haldarsvik keep one clock.
The area of Saksun is divided into 1 postal code.
The zone applied in Saksun is Atlantic/Faroe with offset UTC+1. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Today the sun comes up at 8:16 AM in Saksun and goes down at 6:14 PM. Daylight measures 9 h 58 min.
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 6:14 PM.