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Time difference between Copenhagen and New York

New York is currently 6 hours behind Copenhagen. The best shared working window is 13:00–14:00 UTC, 1 hour of it. The table below shows the hours side by side.

Copenhagen
works with →
New York
Copenhagenyour day
08:00–16:00 local
New Yorktheir day
09:00–17:00 local
Sharedboth at work
1h
13:00–14:00 UTC
15:00–16:00 in Copenhagen 09:00–10:00 in New York
001224
15:08–15:53 Copenhagen 09:08–09:53 New York
Your team keeps different hours?

National conventions are the default and the public figure. Change them here for your own answer — the chart, the window and the calendar file all follow.

Copenhagen to
New York to

Not on that day. Saturday is a rest day in both Copenhagen and New York. The hours above are what you would share on a day you are both at work.

1hoverlap
hard, One thin hour. Fine for a weekly sync, painful for anything live. Best window 13:00–14:00 UTC.
Hour by hour
CopenhagenNew York
00:00 18:00
01:00 19:00
02:00 20:00
03:00 21:00
04:00 22:00
05:00 23:00
06:00 00:00
07:00 01:00
08:00 02:00
09:00 03:00
10:00 04:00
11:00 05:00
12:00 06:00
13:00 07:00
14:00 08:00
15:00 09:00 both at work
16:00 10:00
17:00 11:00
18:00 12:00
19:00 13:00
20:00 14:00
21:00 15:00
22:00 16:00
23:00 17:00

The difference adjusts automatically for daylight saving in both places. Living in Copenhagen and working with New York? See the rhythm score for basing there.

The working week

Copenhagen
08:00 to 16:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
New York
09:00 to 17:00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Sources and last check

Times, offsets and sun positions on this page are computed live from the IANA timezone database and the NOAA solar algorithm, so they do not depend on the review dates below.

Working hours and weekend days for 55 countries
Source: Published national labour conventions and government working-hours guidance. Last checked, reviewed every 12 months.
Not covered:A national convention, not any given employer. Countries not listed fall back to a nine-to-five, Monday to Friday default, and pages say so rather than implying we checked.

FAQ

How many hours between Copenhagen and New York?

New York is 6 hours behind Copenhagen (-6 hours).

When is the best time for a meeting?

Around 13:00–14:00 UTC, when both working days overlap — Copenhagen works 08:00–16:00 and New York works 09:00–17:00, each in their own local time.