Current Local Time in Kirkwall (Orkney Islands), Scotland, United Kingdom

9:04:12 am GMT

Friday, December 19, 2025

Country:	United Kingdom
Constituent Country:	Scotland (SCT)
Lat/Long:	58°59'N / 2°57'W
Elevation:	19 m
Currency:	Pound Sterling (GBP)
Languages:	English, Scottish Gaelic, Scots
Country Code:	+44

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Weather

43 °F

Passing clouds.
47 / 42 °F

Sat 20.		47 / 42 °F
Sun 21.		49 / 45 °F

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Time Zone

GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
No UTC/GMT offset

DST started

Mar 30, 2025
Forward 1 hour

DST ended

Oct 26, 2025
Back 1 hour

Difference

6 hours ahead of
Chicago

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Sunrise

9:03 am
↑ 138° Southeast

Sunset

3:14 pm
↑ 222° Southwest

Day length

6 hours, 11 minutes
-26s shorter

Moon 0.6%

Rise – 9:46 am
Set – 1:30 pm

High Tide

High – 9:58 am
High – 10:26 pm

Low Tide

Low – 3:03 am
Low – 3:29 pm

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 12:09 pm
Altitude: 7.7°

Astronomical
Twilight

6:24 am – 7:14 am
5:03 pm – 5:53 pm

Nautical
Twilight

7:14 am – 8:08 am
4:09 pm – 5:03 pm

Civil
Twilight

8:08 am – 9:03 am
3:14 pm – 4:09 pm

Previous
Moon Phase

Third Quarter
December 11, 2025
8:51 pm

Next
Moon Phase

New Moon
December 20, 2025
1:43 am

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Airports

Kirkwall Airport, KOI
About 2 mi SE of Kirkwall (Orkney Islands)
Stronsay Airport, SOY
About 26 mi NNE of Kirkwall (Orkney Islands)
Eday Airport, EOI
About 16 mi NNE of Kirkwall (Orkney Islands)

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Kirkwall (Orkney Islands)

United Kingdom

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Friday, December 19, 2025