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Time in Reading, United Kingdom now

05:11:50

Friday, March 27, 2026, week 13

World Theatre Day

Reading switches to daylight saving time at 01:00 on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:50 ↓ 18:28 (12h 38m) - More info - Make Reading time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Reading

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

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 Reading

Sunrise: 05:50
Sunset: 18:28
Day length: 12h 38m
Solar noon: 12:09
The current local time in Reading is 9 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Reading on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 51.46. Longitude: -0.97
Population: 318,000

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Best restaurants in Reading

#1 Slug & Lettuce - Friar Street Reading - Cocktail bars and vegetarian options food
#2 Boom Battle Bar Reading
#3 Persian Palace (Reading) - Persian and middle eastern food

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