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Time in Folkestone, England, United Kingdom now

21:03:15

Sunday, 17 May 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Sun: ↑ 05:02 ↓ 20:42 (15h 40m) - More info - Make Folkestone time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Folkestone

UTC +1

British Summer Time (BST)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
The time in Folkestone 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 Folkestone can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Folkestone is Europe/London.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

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

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

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

Time difference
from Folkestone

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
London	0
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Folkestone

Sunrise: 05:02
Sunset: 20:42
Day length: 15h 40m
Solar noon: 12:52
The current local time in Folkestone is 52 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Folkestone on the map

Location: England, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51.082. Longitude: 1.167
Population: 66,000

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Best restaurants in Folkestone

#1 The Old Buoy - Cocktail bars food
#2 Saurav Ki Rasoi - Indian and vegetarian options food
#3 Massimo's Italian Ice Cream

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