Current Time in Stockholm

Stockholm operates on Central European Time (IANA: Europe/Stockholm). During standard time, this is CET at UTC+1, shifting to CEST at UTC+2 from the last Sunday of March to the last Sunday of October. Sweden follows the EU-wide DST protocol.

Stockholm is 6 hours ahead of New York during EST, 1 hour ahead of London, and on the same time as Paris and Berlin. It is 8 hours behind Tokyo. Despite being at 59.3 N latitude — the northernmost capital among major global cities — Stockholm uses the same timezone as cities like Madrid and Rome that are over 2,000 kilometers to the south.

Stockholm's extreme northern latitude creates dramatic seasonal variations in daylight that profoundly affect city life. On the summer solstice, Stockholm gets roughly 18 hours and 37 minutes of daylight, with the sky never getting fully dark — the sun sets after 10:00 PM CEST and rises before 3:30 AM. On the winter solstice, the city receives only about 6 hours and 5 minutes of daylight, with the sun rising at 8:43 AM and setting at 2:48 PM CET. This extreme variation has led Sweden to develop a strong culture around seasonal lighting and the concept of 'fika' (coffee breaks) to cope with dark winters.