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Time in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom now

09:48:54

Thursday, November 21, 2024, week 47

World Hello Day / World Television Day

Sun: ↑ 08:00 ↓ 15:58 (7h 58m) - More info - Make Edinburgh time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Edinburgh

UTC +0

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 30 March 2025: UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST)
The time in Edinburgh is normally 5 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Edinburgh can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Edinburgh is Europe/London.

Sunday October 27 2024

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Sunday March 30 2025

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 01:00 to 02:00 local time.

Time difference
from Edinburgh

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−3 hours	−3 hours
London	0
UTC	0
Lagos	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Johannesburg	+2 hours
Istanbul	+3 hours
Moscow	+3 hours
Dubai	+4 hours
Mumbai	+5.5 hours
Hong Kong	+8 hours
Shanghai	+8 hours
Singapore	+8 hours
Tokyo	+9 hours
Sydney	+11 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Edinburgh

Sunrise: 08:00
Sunset: 15:58
Day length: 7h 58m
Solar noon: 11:59
The current local time in Edinburgh is 1 minute behind apparent solar time.

Edinburgh on the map

Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
Latitude: 55.95. Longitude: -3.19
Population: 507,000

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