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Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Møre og Romsdal observes Central European Time in the standard-time season and Central European Summer Time when Norway applies daylight saving.

Alesund, Norway

Saturday, 5 September 2026

UTC+2 · Europe/Oslo

Time and sun data for Alesund — the largest city of Møre og Romsdal

The sun in Alesund

Sunrise 6:35 AM Solar noon 1:36 PM Sunset 8:37 PM Daylight 14 h 02 min Night 9 h 58 min Civil twilight 5:46 AM – 9:25 PM

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Current time in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

The entire county keeps one official time. CET corresponds to UTC+1, and the daylight-saving designation CEST corresponds to UTC+2. Coastal islands, fjord communities, and inland valleys all change clocks together.

Ålesund, Molde, Kristiansund, and smaller centers such as Ørsta and Ulsteinvik therefore remain synchronized. Ferry travel within the county does not introduce a time difference, even when a route crosses a fjord or links an island with the mainland.

The local clock also matches the rest of mainland Norway. Seasonal changes are national, making domestic schedules easy to read without converting between Norwegian regions. A fjord can put the next town a long drive away, even when its clock is exactly beside yours.

Coastal cities and regional centers

Møre og Romsdal is shaped by the Norwegian Sea, islands, mountain walls, and deep fjords. Ålesund is the county’s largest city. Molde serves as the administrative center, while Kristiansund is a major city on the northern coast.

Ålesund, the principal urban center Molde, overlooking the Romsdalsfjord Kristiansund, spread across coastal islands Ørsta, in the Sunnmøre district Ulsteinvik, on Hareidlandet Åndalsnes, at the head of the Romsdalsfjord

These communities use the same clock, but their coastal orientation, surrounding peaks, and position within the county produce small differences in calculated sunrise and sunset.

Sunrise beside fjords and mountains

Summer days in Møre og Romsdal are long, with lingering evening light. Winter daylight is much shorter. The county is south of the Arctic Circle, so there is no true period when the Sun remains continuously above or below the horizon.

Local topography matters greatly to visible sunlight. A published sunrise is an astronomical calculation, not a guarantee that the Sun will clear a nearby mountain at that moment. Communities on opposite sides of the same fjord may enter direct sunlight at noticeably different times.

Cloud from the Norwegian Sea can further change how bright the morning appears, but weather does not alter the astronomical event itself. For planning photography, hiking, ferry connections, or road travel, use the nearest town’s table and consider the surrounding terrain.

Questions and answers
Do Ålesund and Molde show the same time?
Yes. They share CET and change to CEST on the same national schedule.
Is sunrise the moment direct light reaches a fjord village?
Not necessarily. Mountains can block the Sun after its calculated rise above the horizon.
Does island travel require changing the clock?
No. Islands and mainland communities throughout the county use one time zone.

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