Kirkwall in numbers
- Coordinates
- 58.9848, -2.9587
- Population
- 7 150
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 850 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Kirkwall, Scotland, United Kingdom
This page shows the time of day in Kirkwall, Scotland, United Kingdom as it stands now, in the Europe/London zone (+0).
Kirkwall, United Kingdom
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Kirkwall
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
Kirkwall keeps Europe/London clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:45 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 4:08 PM Daylight 8 h 24 min Night 15 h 36 min Civil twilight 7:00 AM – 4:53 PM
Weather in Kirkwall right now
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Kirkwall and its neighbours
Postal codes
- KW15
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 Scotland
Other places named Kirkwall
- Kirkwall Ontario, Canada
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Hatston — 1.3 km
- St Ola — 1.3 km
- Blackhill — 2.4 km
- Scapa — 2.7 km
- St Ola — 2.8 km
- Orkney Islands — 2.9 km
Time and daylight in Kirkwall
Kirkwall contains 1 postal code.
The zone covering Kirkwall is called Europe/London and stands at UTC+0. Seasonal clock changes apply: No.
The sky over Kirkwall lightens at 7:45 AM and the sun sets at 4:08 PM. Daylight runs for 8 h 24 min today.
Places close to Kirkwall, among them Hatston and St Ola, share its time.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Kirkwall use?
- Kirkwall uses Europe/London, which has an offset of +0.
- Is daylight saving time used in Kirkwall?
- No.
- Do you know the time of sunset in Kirkwall?
- Yes, it is 4:08 PM.