Kotka in numbers
- Coordinates
- 60.5204, 26.9144
- Population
- 50 157
- Region
- Kymenlaakso
- Country
- Finland, Europe
- Capital
- Helsinki — 116 km away
- Same name
- 5 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kotka, Kymenlaakso, Finland
Local time in Kotka, Kymenlaakso, Finland is shown on this page, based on the Europe/Helsinki time zone (+3).
Kotka, Finland
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC+3 · Europe/Helsinki
Local time in Kotka
UTC+3 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Kotka.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:13 AM Solar noon 12:58 PM Sunset 5:42 PM Daylight 9 h 29 min Night 14 h 31 min Civil twilight 7:29 AM – 6:26 PM
Weather in Kotka right now
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Kotka and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 48100
- 48101
- 48130
- 48200
- 48210
- 48220
- 48230
- 48300
- 48310
- 48350
- 48400
- 48401
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 Kymenlaakso
Other places named Kotka
- Kotka Harjumaa, Estonia
- Kotka Võrumaa, Estonia
- Kotka Central Ostrobothnia, Finland
- Kotka Rajasthan, India
- Kotka Central Ostrobothnia, Finland
Same time zone — Europe/Helsinki
- Helsinki Finland
Nearby places
- Kalliokoski — 0.1 km
- Hortola — 0.4 km
- Kolkkala — 0.6 km
- Kierikkala — 0.8 km
- Karhula — 0.9 km
- Alahovi — 1.1 km
About the time in Kotka
Neighbouring places Kalliokoski and Hortola run on Kotka time.
Kotka works with 12 postal codes.
The time zone here in Kotka is Europe/Helsinki, offset UTC+3. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
First light in Kotka comes at 8:13 AM today; darkness returns after 5:42 PM. The day gives 9 h 29 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Kotka?
- Kotka uses the Europe/Helsinki time zone, which has an offset of +3.
- Is daylight saving time used in Kotka?
- Yes.
- Tell me the sunset hour in Kotka.
- The sunset hour is 5:42 PM.