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Time on Great Britain, United Kingdom now

11.10.04

Friday, 2. Octoberta 2026, week 40

International Day of Non-Violence - to commemorate the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi

Sun: ↑ 07.12 ↓ 18.43 (11h 31m) - More info - Make Great Britain time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Great Britain

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 Great Britain is 4 hours ahead of the time in New York when Great Britain is on standard time, and 5 hours ahead of the time in New York when Great Britain is on daylight saving time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Great Britain 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 Great Britain

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 Great Britain

Sunrise: 07.12
Sunset: 18.43
Day length: 11h 31m
Solar noon: 12.57
The current local time in Great Britain is 57 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Great Britain on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 54.00. Longitude: -2.00
Population: 64,164,000

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