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Time in London, United Kingdom now

10:15:32

Tuesday, March 31, 2026, week 14

World Backup Day / Freedom Day (Malta)

London switched to daylight saving time at 01:00 on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:38 ↓ 19:32 (12h 54m) - More info - Make London time default - Remove from favorite locations

Time zone info for London

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 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 London can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for London 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 London

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
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 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	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for London

Sunrise: 06:38
Sunset: 19:32
Day length: 12h 54m
Solar noon: 13:05
The current local time in London is 65 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

London on the map

London is the capital of United Kingdom.
Latitude: 51.51. Longitude: -0.13
Population: 8,962,000

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