ReykjavíkIceland
Current time in Reykjavík, Iceland
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Greenwich Mean TimeUTC+00:00
⛶ Full-screen clockReykjavík time at a glance
- Country
- Iceland
- Location
- Capital city of Iceland
- Time zone
Atlantic/Reykjavik- UTC offset now
UTC+00:00- Current zone label
- GMT
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Reykjavik time guide
Does Reykjavik change its clocks?
UTC+00:00.- Year-round offset
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), UTC+00:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Atlantic/Reykjavik
- Reykjavik and London
- Same clock time during GMT; 1 hour behind during BST
- Reykjavik and New York
- 5 hours ahead during EST; 4 hours ahead during EDT
Municipality and capital region
Reykjavik is smaller than its continuous urban area
Statistics Iceland recorded 138,772 residents in Reykjavik municipality on January 1, 2025. The continuous Greater Reykjavik settlement had 244,536 residents, so the municipal and urban-area totals describe different boundaries.
Time-zone identity for Reykjavík
- IANA zone
Atlantic/Reykjavik- UTC offset now
- UTC+00:00
- Current zone label
- GMT
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Reykjavík is currently the same clock time as UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Reykjavík
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Reykjavík
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Atlantic/Reykjavik, 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.
Capital city context
About Reykjavík, capital of Iceland
Reykjavík is the capital of Iceland. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Iceland
- Administrative area
- Capital Region, Iceland
- Population
- 118,918
- Coordinates
- 64.1355° N, 21.8954° W. The elevation is 37 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Reykjavík
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Reykjavík. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- KópavogurCapital Region, Iceland2.7 km south
Atlantic/ReykjavikSame local time - HafnarfjörðurCapital Region, Iceland7.9 km south
Atlantic/ReykjavikSame local time - KeflavíkSouthern Peninsula, Iceland36 km southwest
Atlantic/ReykjavikSame local time - ReykjanesbærSouthern Peninsula, Iceland36 km southwest
Atlantic/ReykjavikSame local time - AkureyriNortheast, Iceland249 km northeast
Atlantic/ReykjavikSame local time - TórshavnStreymoy, Faroe Islands795 km east
Atlantic/Faroe1 hour ahead
Sources for Reykjavík time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Population in Reykjavik by districts 2025Statistics Iceland · Published 2025-07-22 · AccessedOfficial municipality population and district reporting.