What time is it in Svalbard & Jan Mayen?

Svalbard & Jan Mayen is currently on standard time, UTC+1:00. The next change is Sunday, March 28, 2027, when clocks go forward one hour — 2:00 am becomes 3:00 am local time.

Longyearbyen is 6 hours ahead of New York and 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles. 9am in New York is 3:00 pm in Longyearbyen.

To convert a specific time rather than read the current one, the converter shows both directions with the next clock change for each.

Longyearbyen is in polar night today: the sun does not rise at this latitude at this time of year. The sun peaks at 11:40 am, 20 minutes before noon on the clock. A UTC offset is a promise that the sun is overhead at midday on one meridian, and Longyearbyen sits 4 minutes of solar time east of UTC+1:00’s. The rest is the equation of time, which swings about a quarter of an hour either way across the year.

At this latitude the year is extreme: Longyearbyen gets 24 hours of daylight at the June solstice and 0 minutes at the December one — 24 hours between them. Clock time matters less here than almost anywhere, because for months at a stretch it is either light or dark whatever the clock says.

On UTC+1:00 right now, the same clock as Svalbard & Jan Mayen: