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Winter time ends and clocks are changed to summer time on the night between Saturday and Sunday. Clocks will be changed forward by one hour this Sunday, 29 March 2026, at 3 in the morning.

25.3.2025 | Winter time ends and clocks are changed to summer time on the night between Saturday and Sunday. Clocks will be changed forward by one hour this Sunday, 30 March 2025, at 3.00 in the morning.

12.6.2025 | The Government proposed stricter legislation concerning micromobility on 12 June 2025. The amendments to the Road Traffic Act and the Vehicles Act would enter into force on 17 June 2025 and the amendments to the Act on Transport Services and the Act on the Transfer of Vehicles on 1 August 2025. The aim of the proposal is to improve the safety of electric scooters and other micromobility vehicles.

23.3.2023 | Summer time, or Daylight Saving Time, begins in the coming weekend, in the night between Saturday and Sunday. The clocks will be moved forward one hour this Sunday 26 March, at 03.00.

23.3.2023 | Summer time, or Daylight Saving Time, begins in the coming weekend, in the night between Saturday and Sunday. The clocks will be moved forward one hour this Sunday 26 March, at 03.00.

24.3.2022 | Summer time, or Daylight Saving Time, begins in the coming weekend, in the night between Saturday and Sunday. The clocks will be moved forward one hour on Sunday, 27 March, at 03.00.

24.3.2022 | Summer time, or Daylight Saving Time, begins in the coming weekend, in the night between Saturday and Sunday. The clocks will be moved forward one hour on Sunday, 27 March, at 03.00.

25.3.2021 | Daylight Saving Time begins in the coming weekend, in the night between Saturday and Sunday. The clocks will be moved forward one hour on Sunday, 28 March, at 03.00.

25.3.2021 | Daylight Saving Time begins in the coming weekend, in the night between Saturday and Sunday. The clocks will be moved forward one hour on Sunday, 28 March, at 03.00.

Press releases At IMO, countries extend negotiations on measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping Type: Press release Categories: Publication date: 4.5.2026 The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Ma...

17.10.2018 | The majority of Finns would like to forgo the daylight saving time practice. Opinions on whether to permanently transition to winter time, i.e. normal time, or summer time are considerably more divided.

17.10.2018 | Equal support for summer and winter time Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 17.10.2018 9.45 Type: Press release The majority of Finns would like to forgo the daylight saving time practice. Opinions on whether to permanently ...

26.1.2018 | On a proposal by Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner, the Ministerial Committee on European Union Affairs outlined on 26 January 2018 that Finland will move forward with abandoning EU summer time arrangements. The proposal does not take a stand on whether the summer or standard time would be observed. The core of the proposal is that the bi-annual switch of the clocks should be abandoned. Abandoning or amending the practice requires an initiative from the European Commission.

26.1.2018 | Minister Berner’s proposal on abandoning summer time arrangements progresses Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 26.1.2018 13.46 Type: Press release On a proposal by Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner, the M...

Services Objective and tasks Passenger and goods transport Communications market Basic Communications Services Operating licences Mobility as a service 1. Objective and tasks The Ministry aims to ensure that the mobility, communications and transp...

24.6.2024 | The national introduction of the Public Regulated Service, PRS, of the European Galileo satellite system will continue. The service provides EU Member States with secure location and time data that is resistant to interference.

31.8.2021 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications organised a second discussion on electric scooters and their safety on Tuesday 31 August 2021. The event was attended by companies in the field, as well as representatives of the Finnish Road Safety Council, local authorities, and the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The event was a follow-up to the previous discussion held in July, during which the parties agreed on issues such as nighttime speed limits for electric scooters.

11.12.2018 | The Ministry of Transport and Communications received a total of 24 statements in its consultation round concerning the abandonment of time changes. A citizen survey arranged via the Otakantaa.fi service also elicited many free-form responses.

11.12.2018 | Statements support abandoning time changes Ministry of Transport and Communications Publication date 11.12.2018 13.34 Type: Press release The Ministry of Transport and Communications received a total of 24 statements in its consultation round conc...

1.2.2019 | Finland supports scrapping seasonal daylight saving. According to the Government's initial position during the EU negotiations, winter time will be the best option for Finland's permanent standard time.