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Time in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom now

19:22:16

Thursday 26 March 2026, week 13

Northern Ireland switches to daylight saving time at 01:00 on Sunday 29 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:13 ↓ 18:51 (12h 38m) - More info - Make Northern Ireland time default - Add to favorite locations

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

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Sunrise: 06:13
Sunset: 18:51
Day length: 12h 38m
Solar noon: 12:32
The current local time in Northern Ireland is 32 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

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