Time in United Kingdom now
12:06PMGMT
GMTUTC+0+5 h vs New York (you)Europe/London
- Next clock change: Sunday, March 28, 2027: at 1:00 AM clocks go forward 1 hour to 2:00 AM (BST, UTC+1)
- Next clock change: Sunday, October 31, 2027: at 2:00 AM clocks go back 1 hour to 1:00 AM (GMT, UTC+0)
Time zone in United Kingdom
The United Kingdom uses a single time zone: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0) in winter and British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1) in summer. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
In winter its clocks show UTC itself, the time scale every other zone is defined against; the United Kingdom calls it Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
London lies at 0.1° west, where mean solar time is UTC−0:01 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 1 min of its standard time, so the sun is highest close to noon in winter, and about 1:00 PM in summer.
Daylight saving time in United Kingdom
Yes. The United Kingdom moves its clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday of March at 1:00 AM and back on the last Sunday of October at 2:00 AM (local time).
Under the Summer Time Act 1972 (as amended by the Summer Time Order 2002), British Summer Time runs from 1 a.m. GMT on the last Sunday of March to 1 a.m. GMT on the last Sunday of October. In winter the legal time is Greenwich Mean Time.
All coming change dates are on the Europe/London page.
Clock history of United Kingdom
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC−0:01 in London), which ended on December 1, 1847, when GMT (UTC+0) replaced it. Between 1970 and 2024, a daylight saving period began in 53 of the 55 years. The first summer time in the record dates from 1916. The table summarises the clocks of the United Kingdom year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Europe/London.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | UTC+1 all year | BST |
| 1971 | UTC+1 until October 31, then UTC+0 | BST, GMT |
| 1972 onward | UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer | GMT, BST |
Changes of the winter (standard) offset since 1970: Sunday, October 31, 1971, from UTC+1 to UTC+0.
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert United Kingdom time
Time difference between United Kingdom and major cities
| City | Local time now | United Kingdom vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +5 h | +5 h | +5 h | 3 h / 3 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:06 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +8 h | +8 h | +8 h | none / none |
| Berlin | 1:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h | −1 h | −1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| Dubai | 4:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −4 h | −4 h | −3 h | 4 h / 5 h |
| New Delhi | 5:36 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h 30 min | −5 h 30 min | −4 h 30 min | 2 h 30 min / 3 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −8 h | −8 h | −7 h | none / 1 h |
| Beijing | 8:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −8 h | −8 h | −7 h | none / 1 h |
| Tokyo | 9:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −9 h | −9 h | −8 h | none / none |
| Sydney | 11:06 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −11 h | −11 h | −9 h | none / none |
- In 2027, The United Kingdom is 4 h ahead of New York from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 5 h ahead of New York as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.
- In 2027, The United Kingdom is 7 h ahead of Los Angeles from March 14 to March 27 and from October 31 to November 6, instead of 8 h ahead of Los Angeles as during the rest of the year, because the two places change their clocks on different dates.
- In 2027, The United Kingdom is 10 h behind Sydney from March 28 to April 3 and from October 3 to October 30: the weeks between the two seasons, when one place has changed its clocks and the other has not yet.
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how United Kingdom’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in the United Kingdom overlaps New York’s for 3 h in January (2:00 PM–5:00 PM the United Kingdom time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in the United Kingdom it is 4:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in the United Kingdom overlaps New Delhi’s for 2 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–11:30 AM the United Kingdom time), 3 h 30 min in July. At 9:00 AM in the United Kingdom it is 2:30 PM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from London and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels Belgium | 320 km | 1:06 PM CET | +1 h |
| Mariehamn Aland Islands | 1,570 km | 2:06 PM EET | +2 h |
| Algiers Algeria | 1,660 km | 1:06 PM CET | +1 h |
| Tangier Morocco | 1,810 km | 12:06 PM UTC+0 | +0 h |
| Minsk Belarus | 1,870 km | 3:06 PM UTC+3 | +3 h |
| Tripoli Libya | 2,330 km | 2:06 PM EET | +2 h |
Same clock as the United Kingdom
These places keep exactly the same time as the United Kingdom all year under the current rules (zones Atlantic/Canary, Atlantic/Faroe, Atlantic/Madeira, Europe/Dublin, Europe/Lisbon).
- LondonGB
- BirminghamGB
- DublinIE
- LisbonPT
- CardiffGB
- BelfastGB
- NottinghamGB
- NorthamptonGB
- AberdeenGB
- CambridgeGB
- SolihullGB
- BedfordGB
Cities in United Kingdom
United Kingdom at a glance
- CapitalLondon
- Population69,487,000
- Time zone IDEurope/London
- Standard timeGMT (UTC+0)
- Daylight saving timeBST (UTC+1)
- Calling code+44