Prayer Times in Norway
Prayer times in Norway for 42 cities, calculated with the Muslim World League method and each city's own time zone.
Which prayer time method is used in Norway?
The Muslim World League method (Fajr 18°, Isha 17°) is widely used by mosques in Norway. Standard Asr is the default; switch to Hanafi on any city page. In the far north the seventh-of-the-night rule keeps summer Fajr and Isha practical.
- Method
- Muslim World League
- Fajr / Isha
- 18° / 17°
- Asr
- Standard
- Cities
- 42
Calculated in each city's own time zone.
Largest cities in Norway
Islamic (Hijri) calendar in Norway
Today in Oslo, Saturday, 14 November 2026 is 4 Jumada al-Akhirah 1448 AH.
The calendar follows Norway's own month starts (calculated moon-sighting rule or announced dates), with today's date taken in the capital, Oslo. Tap a day for its prayer times. Communities in Norway do not all start a month on the same day: some follow Saudi Arabia, others a local sighting or an astronomical calculation, so a date can differ by one day. Check your own mosque for Ramadan and Eid. Full Hijri calendar and date converter
Prayer times by region
Agder 3 cities
Akershus 2 cities
Buskerud 2 cities
Finnmark 1 cities
Innlandet 3 cities
More og Romsdal 3 cities
Nordland 2 cities
Oslo 1 cities
Ostfold 4 cities
Rogaland 5 cities
Telemark 2 cities
Troms 3 cities
Trondelag 3 cities
Vestfold 4 cities
Vestland 4 cities
How prayer times are calculated in Norway
The Muslim World League method (Fajr 18°, Isha 17°) is widely used by mosques in Norway. Standard Asr is the default; switch to Hanafi on any city page. In the far north the seventh-of-the-night rule keeps summer Fajr and Isha practical.
- Method
- Muslim World League
- Fajr
- 18°
- Isha
- 17°
- Asr
- Standard
- Cities
- 42
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Muslims and mosques in Norway
Norway's Muslim population has grown quickly from a very small base. Statistics Norway reported 182,607 Muslims in 2020, 3.4% of the population, counting members of registered Islamic communities, and its earlier figures show 76,000 (1.6%) in 2006, 144,000 (2.9%) in 2010 and 166,861 (3.2%) in 2018. About 55% of Muslims live in Oslo, Akershus, Buskerud and Østfold, and in Oslo itself 64,882 people, 9.5% of the electoral district, were Muslim in 2019. Pew Research projects the number to reach 359,000, or 6.3% of the population, by 2030.
The largest groups came to Norway as workers and refugees. According to Statistics Norway's 2008 figures, the main origin countries were Pakistan (30,134 people), Somalia (27,881), Iraq (21,795), Bosnia and Herzegovina (15,649), Iran (15,134) and Turkey (15,003). Pakistani immigrants, the largest group, founded the first mosque in 1972, the Islamic Cultural Centre in Oslo opened in 1974, and the Central Jamaat-e Ahl-e Sunnat opened in 1976 with over 6,000 members. The Noor Mosque of the Ahmadiyya community opened in Oslo on 1 August 1980, and the Baitun Nasr Mosque is in Furuset.
Muslims in Norway organise through registered congregations, which are eligible for state support. There were 126 registered Muslim congregations in 2009, and about 80,838 members were registered in mosques in 2004, a number that fell to 72,023 in 2006. The Islamic Council Norway was set up in 1993; in 2008 it had 40 member organisations with 60,000 members, and one researcher estimated that it represented between 50% and 75% of Norwegian Muslims.
Norway is the northernmost country in this list, and latitude shapes the prayer day more than anything else. Oslo is at 60 degrees north and Tromsø at almost 70, where the sun does not set from late May until late July and does not rise in midwinter. On this site's calculation the fast from Fajr to Maghrib in Oslo lasts about 19 and a half hours on 21 June and 8 and a half hours on 21 December. Fajr and Isha are set with a high-latitude rule for several weeks in summer. Some Muslims in the far north follow the times of a city further south. Norway keeps Central European Time, with clocks forward in March and back in October. Communities follow the calendars of their home countries or of Saudi Arabia, so Ramadan and Eid may start on different days, and each mosque sets its own congregation times.
Sources, checked 2026-10: Wikipedia: Islam in Norway (Statistics Norway figures); Statistics Norway: members of religious and life stance communities.
Prayer times in Norway: common questions
How many cities in Norway does Awqatly cover?
42 cities and towns in Norway. Every one has its own page with today's prayer times, the next prayer, a monthly timetable and the qibla direction.
How are prayer times calculated in Norway?
For each city we use its own latitude, longitude and time zone with the Muslim World League method (Fajr 18°, Isha 17°) and Standard Asr. These are the astronomical start times of each prayer.
Which Asr time does Norway use?
We show Standard Asr first for Norway, and every city page also shows the other school so you can choose. The difference is the length of the shadow that marks the start of Asr.
Do the times change during the year in Norway?
Yes. The sun's path shifts every day, so every prayer moves a little daily. The gap between Fajr and Maghrib is longest in summer and shortest in winter, and more so the further a city is from the equator.
Are these times the same as my local mosque's timetable?
These are the start times of each prayer. Mosques publish congregation (jamaat) times, usually a few minutes to an hour later, and some add safety minutes. We do not publish congregation times, so check with your mosque.
How do I find the prayer times for my city in Norway?
Choose your city from the lists on this page, search for it, or allow your location on the home page. A city page shows today's times, a monthly timetable, the qibla and the mosques nearby.