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Time in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom now

09:12:53

Friday, March 20, 2026, week 12

Equinox / Nowruz (Persian New Year) / International Day of Happiness

Sun: ↑ 06:28 ↓ 18:39 (12h 11m) - More info - Make Northern Ireland time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Northern Ireland

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

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 Northern Ireland

Sunrise: 06:28
Sunset: 18:39
Day length: 12h 11m
Solar noon: 12:33
The current local time in Northern Ireland is 33 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Northern Ireland on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 54.50. Longitude: -6.50
Population: 1,911,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Northern Ireland 1884-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from UK Met Office.
See showyourstripes.info.