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Time in Greater London, United Kingdom now

03:04:43

Saturday, 21. March 2026, week 12

World Day for Glaciers / World Poetry Day / World Down Syndrome Day / End Racism Day / Harmony Day (Australia)

Sun: ↑ 06:01 ↓ 18:15 (12h 15m) - More info - Make Greater London time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Greater London

UTC +0

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
now 4 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST)
The time in Greater London 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 Greater London can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Greater London is Europe/London.

Sunday October 26 2025

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 29 2026

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 Greater London

Los Angeles	−7 hours	−7 hours
Chicago	−5 hours	−5 hours
New York	−4 hours	−4 hours
Toronto	−4 hours	−4 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 Greater London

Sunrise: 06:01
Sunset: 18:15
Day length: 12h 15m
Solar noon: 12:08
The current local time in Greater London is 8 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Greater London on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 51.50. Longitude: -0.17
Population: 8,866,000

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