Time in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Svalbard and Jan Mayen keeps one time: Central European Time, UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July. Clocks go forward one hour at 2:00 AM on the last Sunday in March and back one hour at 3:00 AM on the last Sunday in October. Its capital is Longyearbyen.

Svalbard and Jan Mayen and the countries around it
Central European TimeUTC+01:00 in January; UTC+02:00 in JulyLongyearbyenArctic/Longyearbyen
Svalbard and Jan Mayen (simplified outline). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
Population
2,550 GeoNames figure; the source gives no year
Total area
23,957 sq mi (62,049 km²)
Currency
Krone (NOK)
Languages
Norwegian, Russian
Calling code
+47
Driving side
Right
Country code (ISO)
SJ
Coordinates (central point)
79.851773, 22.696975

These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address. Calling code and largest cities: GeoNames; driving side: Wikidata.

Daylight saving time in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

The clock above shows its next change. Governments can change these rules; the clocks follow the IANA time-zone database.

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