Greenland moves to a time zone four hours behind Denmark

Greenland will return to the UTC-3 time zone on 31 October 2027, putting it four hours behind Denmark, DR reports. The Greenlandic parliament, Inatsisartut, has voted to move the clocks back two hours when Denmark moves back one hour after daylight saving time.

Most of Greenland has used UTC-2 during standard time since 2023, leaving it three hours behind Denmark, which uses UTC+1. Greenland has continued to change to daylight saving time at the same time as Denmark, maintaining the three-hour difference during summer.

Thomas Ørum Kristensen, who owns a waste-management company in Tasiilaq, an eastern Greenland town, welcomed the decision. He said people there live close to nature and can feel the difference the time zone makes.

During winter, Tasiilaq has few hours of daylight. Kristensen said he wants the sun to be higher in the sky at noon, as it was under the previous time zone.

Greenland’s business community has previously warned that moving the clocks further from European time could be costly and create complications for companies and air traffic. Kristensen said he did not expect problems, adding that the arrangement had worked before.