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9–17 in Copenhagen vs UTC
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- Juleaften24 Dec 2026
- Juledag25 Dec 2026
- Anden Juledag26 Dec 2026
- Nytår1 Jan 2027
- Fastelavn8 Feb 2027
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About Copenhagen
Home to roughly 794,128 residents, Copenhagen is a mid-sized urban centre in Denmark. Its terrain rests around 14 m of elevation.
For computers and clocks, Copenhagen is anchored to the Europe/Copenhagen time zone, which encodes the city's daylight saving rules going back to the early 20th century. Sun behaviour here follows the subarctic pattern of the northern hemisphere, with the steepest seasonal day-length swings around the equinoxes.
Locally, prices are quoted in DKK and the international dialing code is +45. This page exposes Copenhagen's exact local time alongside sunrise, sunset, public holidays, and a structured-data feed at the JSON link below — useful for spreadsheets, scheduling tools, and AI assistants alike.
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Questions about time in Copenhagen
The current local time in Copenhagen, Denmark is shown live at the top of this page, synchronized to atomic time to the millisecond.
Copenhagen uses the IANA time zone Europe/Copenhagen, currently UTC+1.
Whether Copenhagen observes daylight saving time and the date of the next clock change are shown in the Timezone block above. The IANA database (Europe/Copenhagen) is the source of truth.
Copenhagen is currently 6 hours ahead of New York.
Copenhagen is currently 1 hour ahead of London.
Sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and civil/nautical/astronomical twilight times for Copenhagen are listed in the Sun section above, computed from the city's coordinates (55.6761, 12.5683).
Denmark uses the DKK currency and the +45 international dialing code.
Copenhagen sits at 55.6761° N, 12.5683° E, 14 m above sea level, in Denmark.