Current time in Grytviken
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Atlantic/South_Georgia · UTC-02:00
Time-zone identity for Grytviken
- IANA zone
Atlantic/South_Georgia- UTC offset now
- UTC-02:00
- Current zone label
- GMT-2
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Grytviken is currently 2 hours behind UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Grytviken
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 21 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Grytviken
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Atlantic/South_Georgia, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Grytviken
Daily astronomical events for Thursday, 16 July 2026, expressed in Atlantic/South_Georgia local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 08:36
- Sunset
- 16:28
- Solar noon
- 12:32
- Civil twilight
- 07:54–17:10
Moon
- Moonrise
- 09:56
- Moonset
- 19:40
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 7%
Capital city context
About Grytviken, capital of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Grytviken is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- Capital status
- Capital of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Administrative area
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Population
- 2
- Coordinates
- 54.2811° S, 36.5092° W. The elevation is 4 metres.
Country context
South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands at a glance
Country information for South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Grytviken is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- GS · SGS · 239
- Population
- 30
- Currency
- British Pound (GBP)
- Calling code
- Not available
- Languages
- English
- Time zones represented
- 1 time zone is used by cities in this directory: Atlantic/South_Georgia.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Grytviken
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Grytviken. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- StanleyFalkland Islands1,452 km west
Atlantic/Stanley1 hour behind - MontevideoMontevideo Department, Uruguay2,640 km northwest
America/Montevideo1 hour behind - Buenos AiresBuenos Aires F.D., Argentina2,768 km northwest
America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires1 hour behind - São PauloBrazil3,520 km north
America/Sao_Paulo1 hour behind - SantiagoSantiago Metropolitan, Chile3,526 km northwest
America/Santiago2 hours behind - Rio de JaneiroBrazil3,533 km north
America/Sao_Paulo1 hour behind
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for Atlantic/South_Georgia when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 3426466 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T22:07:36.075Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T13:58:15.910Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.