Time Zones| Zone areas | Time now | January 2026 | July 2026 | Largest cities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thule | --:-- | UTC−4 | UTC−3 | no large city |
| Nuuk, Scoresbysund | --:-- | UTC−2 | UTC−1 | Nuuk |
| Danmarkshavn | --:-- | UTC | UTC | no large city |
How many times does Greenland have?
The IANA database lists 4 separate zone areas for Greenland. Grouped by the time they actually show through 2026, that makes 3 different clocks, listed above. The offsets in use run from UTC−4 to UTC in January.
3 of the 4 areas change their clocks during the year. Open an area to see its dates.
Planning across the country
When you fix a call or a broadcast for people in several parts of Greenland, give the time with its zone, or use the converter to show every zone at once.
Where most people are
Measured by the people living in towns of 15,000 or more (GeoNames figures), the busiest clock in Greenland is the one kept in Nuuk, UTC−2 in January: about 15,000 people, or nearly all of the total across all the zone areas. The other clocks, Danmarkshavn (UTC), Thule (UTC−4), cover only places with no town that large.
A worked example
When it is 9:00 am in Nuuk in January, it is 7:00 am in Thule, 11:00 am in Danmarkshavn.
A worked example for July
When it is 9:00 am in Nuuk in July, it is 7:00 am in Thule, 10:00 am in Danmarkshavn.
The widest gap inside the country
The two clocks that are farthest apart differ by 4 hours in January and by 3 hours in July, because not every part moves its clocks.
Greenland and the rest of the world
When it is 12:00 noon in Nuuk, it is 7:30 pm in India in January and 6:30 pm in July; 2:00 pm in London; 9:00 am in New York. Other parts of Greenland are earlier or later than that by the amounts in the table at the top of this page.
Clock changes in 2026
In Nuuk the dates are: Saturday 28 March 2026: at 11:00 pm clocks go forward 1 hour to 12:00 am; Sunday 25 October 2026: at 12:00 am clocks go back 1 hour to 11:00 pm.