Current time in Finland
Local time in Finland
The time in Finland is 3 hours ahead of UTC and 7 hours ahead of Ashburn. There is daylightsaving in effect at the moment.
Details for the time in Finland
| Current time |
3:56 p.m.
|
| Daylight saving time | 1 hour |
| Timezone | Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) |
| Olson timezone name | Europe/Helsinki |
| Time difference | 7 hours ahead of Ashburn |
| 3 hours ahead of UTC |
Finland Daylight Saving time (DST)
Finland uses Daylight Savings time. In the table below you can find out when DST begins and when DST ends in Finland.
| DST Started 2020 | March 29, 2020 Forward 1 hour |
| DST Ends 2020 | Oct. 25, 2020 Backward 1 hour |
| Next DST Start 2121 | March 28, 2021 Forward 1 hour |
Finland
Finland uses Eastern European Time EET and Eastern European Summer Time EEST. EET is UTC +0200 and EEST is +0300. Finland's latitude and longitude is 64° 00' N and 26° 00' E. Therefore a two hours offset between EET and UTC is not surprising. Looking at Finland’s the high latitude it’s clear the country has a big need for daylight savings time. Especially in the North of the country where the days get very short during the winter.
Important cities in Finland
The current time in some important cities in Finland is shown below.