Alta in numbers
- Coordinates
- 69.9689, 23.2717
- Population
- 15 094
- Region
- Troms og Finnmark
- Country
- Norway, Europe
- Capital
- Oslo — 1259 km away
- Same name
- 19 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Alta, Troms og Finnmark, Norway
The reading below is the local time in Alta, Troms og Finnmark, Norway, taken from the Europe/Oslo zone (+1).
Alta, Norway
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/Oslo
Local time in Alta
UTC+1 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Alta.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:46 AM Solar noon 11:12 AM Sunset 2:37 PM Daylight 6 h 50 min Night 17 h 10 min Civil twilight 6:35 AM – 3:49 PM
Weather in Alta right now
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Alta and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9501
- 9502
- 9503
- 9504
- 9505
- 9506
- 9507
- 9508
- 9509
- 9510
- 9511
- 9512
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 Troms og Finnmark
- Tromso 41 915
- Tromsdalen 18 291
- Lenvik 11 679
- Hammerfest 11 448
- Vadso 4 654
- Finnsnes 3 907
Other places named Alta
- Alta Stockholm, Sweden
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- Alta Utah, United States
Same time zone — Europe/Oslo
- Oslo Norway
Nearby places
- Bossekop — 0.6 km
- Stenseng — 1.9 km
- Elvestrand — 1.9 km
- Aronnes — 2.3 km
- Energjerdet — 2.6 km
- Pahtakorva — 2.7 km
Time and daylight in Alta
12 postal codes have been allocated to Alta.
Alta uses the Europe/Oslo time zone with a UTC+1 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: No.
Expect sunrise at 7:46 AM and sunset at 2:37 PM in Alta today. Daylight adds up to 6 h 50 min.
The hours shown for Alta apply equally in Bossekop and Elvestrand.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone determines the local time in Alta?
- Local time in Alta is determined by Europe/Oslo, with an offset of +1.
- Does the local time in Alta change with daylight saving?
- No.
- What time does the day start in Alta?
- The sun rises at 7:46 AM.