Current time in London, United Kingdom
United Kingdom Time
UTC+01:00- Time zone
- United Kingdom Time · Europe/London
- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00 BST
- Abbreviation
- GMT / BST
- Daylight saving
- Forward the last Sunday in March at 01:00, back the last Sunday in October at 02:00.
Clocks go back one hour on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 02:00 (BST → GMT).
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- England, United Kingdom (capital) · 51.51° N, 0.13° W
- Population
- 8,961,989
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over London at about 12:01 standard time: the clock runs about 1 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 11:44 and 13:07 on the local clock, including the hour added by daylight saving time.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:03 | 18:13 | 12h 10m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 04:43 | 21:21 | 16h 39m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:48 | 18:56 | 12h 09m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 08:03 | 15:53 | 7h 50m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:57–18:42 (11 h 45 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
- Birmingham · 160 km
- Saint Peter Port, Guernsey · 280 km
- Saint Helier, Jersey · 290 km
- Brussels, Belgium · 320 km · clock 1 h ahead
- Rotterdam, Netherlands · 320 km · clock 1 h ahead
- Paris, France · 340 km · clock 1 h ahead
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Saint Peter Port, Guernsey · 280 km
- Saint Helier, Jersey · 290 km
- Douglas, Isle of Man · 410 km
- Dublin, Ireland · 460 km
- Tórshavn, Faroe Islands · 1,230 km
- Lisbon, Portugal · 1,580 km