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

7:39:51 am GMT

Saturday, December 6, 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

46 °F

Scattered showers. Partly cloudy.
49 / 45 °F

Sun 7.		49 / 44 °F
Mon 8.		48 / 41 °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

5 hours ahead of
Columbus

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Sunrise

8:47 am
↑ 136° Southeast

Sunset

3:17 pm
↑ 224° Southwest

Day length

6 hours, 30 minutes
-2m 27s shorter

Moon 97.1%

Set – 11:41 am
Rise – 3:48 pm

High Tide

High – 10:21 am
High – 11:04 pm

Low Tide

Low – 4:39 am
Low – 5:07 pm

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Solar Noon

Sun in South: 12:02 pm
Altitude: 8.6°

Astronomical
Twilight

6:12 am – 7:01 am
5:04 pm – 5:53 pm

Nautical
Twilight

7:01 am – 7:55 am
4:10 pm – 5:04 pm

Civil
Twilight

7:55 am – 8:47 am
3:17 pm – 4:10 pm

Previous
Moon Phase

Full Moon
December 4, 2025
11:14 pm

Next
Moon Phase

Third Quarter
December 11, 2025
8:51 pm

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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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Saturday, December 6, 2025