Svalbard in numbers
- Coordinates
- 78.1571, 15.8643
- Region
- Svalbard
- Country
- Svalbard And Jan Mayen, Europe
- Capital
- Longyearbyen — 9 km away
What time is it in Svalbard, Svalbard And Jan Mayen
The clock above shows the current local time in Svalbard, Svalbard, Svalbard And Jan Mayen, which uses Arctic/Longyearbyen (+2).
Svalbard, Svalbard And Jan Mayen
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+2 · Arctic/Longyearbyen
Local time in Svalbard
UTC+2 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Svalbard.
The sun today
Sunrise 11:06 AM Solar noon 12:42 PM Sunset 2:18 PM Daylight 3 h 12 min Night 20 h 48 min Civil twilight 8:33 AM – 4:51 PM
Weather in Svalbard right now
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Svalbard and its neighbours
Largest cities in Svalbard
- Longyearbyen 2 368
- Sveagruva 300
- Barentsburg 297
- Nybyen 113
- Ny-Alesund 35
- Herwighamma 9
Nearby places
- Nybyen — 8.0 km
- Haugen — 8.5 km
- Longyearbyen — 8.9 km
- Grumantbyen — 17.2 km
- Sveagruva — 34.7 km
- Pyramiden — 56.3 km
Svalbard: clock, sun and surroundings
Svalbard follows Arctic/Longyearbyen, giving it a UTC+2 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? Yes.
Sunrise happens at 11:06 AM in Svalbard today and sunset at 2:18 PM. That marks 3 h 12 min of daylight.
The same local time applies in Svalbard, Nybyen and Haugen.
Questions and answers
- Does Svalbard use the Arctic/Longyearbyen time zone?
- Yes, Svalbard uses Arctic/Longyearbyen, with an offset of +2.
- Is summer time applied in Svalbard?
- Yes.
- What time does the sun set in Svalbard?
- The sun sets in Svalbard at 2:18 PM.