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Krāslava Municipality, Latvia

Krāslava Municipality observes Latvia’s official time: EET at UTC+2 in winter and EEST at UTC+3 during the daylight-saving season.

Kraslava, Latvia

Friday, 4 September 2026

UTC+3 · Europe/Riga

Time and sun data for Kraslava — the largest city of Krāslava Municipality

The sun in Kraslava

Sunrise 06:22 Solar noon 13:12 Sunset 20:01 Daylight 13 h 39 min Night 10 h 21 min Civil twilight 05:43 – 20:40

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Current time in Krāslava Municipality, Latvia

Every locality within Krāslava Municipality follows the same Latvian civil clock. There is no separate municipal offset. A device set to Latvia should show the appropriate local time automatically, including the seasonal movement between standard time and daylight-saving time.

For a future booking, use the date-specific zone conversion. This is safer than subtracting a remembered number of hours from another country, since the two places may not begin or end daylight saving together.

Municipal borders can complicate paperwork, but fortunately they do not make the clocks start arguing.

Krāslava Municipality and Latvia’s major cities

The municipality shares its clock with Riga, Daugavpils, Liepāja, Jelgava, and Jūrmala. This makes national schedules straightforward: an hour stated in Latvian local time has the same clock reading throughout the country.

Geographic position still matters for daylight. Krāslava Municipality lies farther east than several western Latvian locations, so their calculated solar events need not occur at precisely the same minute even though the official time is identical.

No conversion is required for a call to Riga. Daugavpils also uses the same civil time. Liepāja shares the clock but has its own sunrise calculation. Jelgava and Jūrmala follow the same seasonal changes.

Choosing a sunrise location

A municipality covers more ground than a single point, so a sunrise service must use a representative town or exact coordinates. Selecting Krāslava town may be suitable for plans there, while another settlement within the municipality can produce a slightly different result.

Sunrise changes daily and varies strongly by season. Summer offers Latvia’s characteristic long daylight, while winter days are much shorter. The sunrise entry is not the same as first light: morning twilight begins before the solar disc reaches the horizon.

Choose the precise settlement or coordinates. Enter the local calendar date. Ensure Latvia’s current offset is applied. Check whether the service reports sunrise or dawn. Account for nearby terrain and structures.

An astronomical time assumes a conventional horizon. Hills, forest, buildings, and cloud can affect what an observer sees. For activities depending on visibility, combine the daily solar calculation with a local weather forecast and knowledge of the site.

Questions and answers

Does the whole municipality use one time zone?
Yes. All of Krāslava Municipality follows Latvia’s national time.
Is the time the same as in Liepāja?
Yes, the clock time is the same, although local sunrise and sunset can differ.
Which location should be used for sunrise?
Use the actual settlement or coordinates where the activity will take place.
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