Šiauliai, Lithuania · UTC+3
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Šiauliai sits in northern Lithuania, relatively close to the Latvian border, and runs on Eastern European Time: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 in summer. The city follows the EU daylight saving schedule, advancing clocks on the last Sunday of March and returning on the last Sunday of October.
At 56 degrees north, Šiauliai has pronounced seasonal light variation. In June, the sun sets past 10:30pm and rises before 5am. The summer evenings are genuinely long and luminous. In December, daylight lasts only around seven hours, with the sun rising after 9am and setting before 4pm. The difference between summer and winter is not just weather, it is the fundamental texture of the day.
the Hill of Crosses and cultural persistence
The city is best known internationally for the Hill of Crosses, a pilgrimage site about 12 kilometers north of the city center where hundreds of thousands of crosses have been placed over centuries. During the Soviet occupation, the site was bulldozed multiple times, and each time the crosses returned. The hill became a symbol of Lithuanian cultural and religious persistence across a specific period of political time.
Šiauliai also has a significant aviation history: the Šiauliai International Airport, once a major Soviet military airfield, still operates as an international facility.
Sidon is far away but Tallinn in Estonia to the north shares the same Eastern European Time zone.
9am in Šiauliai is 7am in London in winter, 6am during British Summer Time.
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Questions about time in Šiauliai
- What timezone is Šiauliai in?
- Šiauliai uses the IANA timezone
Europe/Vilnius. The UTC offset is UTC+2 in winter (standard time) and UTC+3 during daylight saving time (summer). - Does Šiauliai observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Šiauliai 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 Šiauliai?
- Šiauliai is currently at UTC+3. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Šiauliai and New York?
- Šiauliai is currently 7 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Šiauliai and London?
- Šiauliai is currently 2 hours ahead of London.
- What is the time difference between Šiauliai and Los Angeles?
- Šiauliai is currently 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Šiauliai and Tokyo?
- Šiauliai is currently 6 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Šiauliai transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Šiauliai?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Šiauliai is
Europe/Vilnius. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Europe/Vilnius' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Europe/Vilnius')`), or any IANA-compatible library.