What timezone is Jelgava in?

Jelgava uses the IANA timezone Europe/Riga. The UTC offset is UTC+2 in winter (standard time) and UTC+3 during daylight saving time (summer).

Does Jelgava observe daylight saving time?

Yes. Jelgava observes daylight saving time, shifting from UTC+2 (standard time) to UTC+3 in summer.

What is the current UTC offset for Jelgava?

Jelgava is currently at UTC+3. It is currently observing daylight saving time.

What is the time difference between Jelgava and New York?

Jelgava is currently 7 hours ahead of New York.

What is the time difference between Jelgava and London?

Jelgava is currently 2 hours ahead of London.

Jelgava, Latvia · UTC+3

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

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Jelgava is Latvia’s fourth-largest city, about 40 kilometers southwest of Riga. It runs on Eastern European Time, UTC+2 in winter and UTC+3 in summer. Latvia is an EU member and follows EU clock change conventions in late March and late October.

Latvia has been actively involved in EU discussions about abolishing daylight saving. The Latvian government, like several Baltic state governments, has expressed preference for permanent Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3), arguing that earlier evenings in winter outweigh the cost of dark mornings.

The Duchy of Courland

Jelgava (Mitau in German) was the capital of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a semi-independent vassal state that existed from 1561 to 1795. The Duchy was remarkably active for its size: it established colonies in Tobago and on the Gambia River in West Africa in the seventeenth century.

The Jelgava Palace, designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the same architect who built the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, stands on an island in the Lielupe River. The palace clock tower was a landmark of civic time in the duchy’s capital.

All of Latvia uses Europe/Riga. The clock is the same from the coast to the southern border.

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Sources

IANA Time Zone Database
Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia
Plakans, Andrejs. A Concise History of the Baltic States. Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Questions about time in Jelgava

What timezone is Jelgava in?: Jelgava uses the IANA timezone Europe/Riga. The UTC offset is UTC+2 in winter (standard time) and UTC+3 during daylight saving time (summer).
Does Jelgava observe daylight saving time?: Yes. Jelgava observes daylight saving time. In 2026, clocks spring forward one hour on Sunday, March 29 and fall back one hour on Sunday, October 25. During DST, the UTC offset shifts from UTC+2 to UTC+3.
What is the current UTC offset for Jelgava?: Jelgava is currently at UTC+3. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
What is the time difference between Jelgava and New York?: Jelgava is currently 7 hours ahead of New York.
What is the time difference between Jelgava and London?: Jelgava is currently 2 hours ahead of London.
What is the time difference between Jelgava and Los Angeles?: Jelgava is currently 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
What is the time difference between Jelgava and Tokyo?: Jelgava is currently 6 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Jelgava transitions to/from DST.
What is the IANA timezone name for Jelgava?: The IANA timezone database identifier for Jelgava is Europe/Riga. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Europe/Riga' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Europe/Riga')`), or any IANA-compatible library.

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