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Time in Scotland, United Kingdom now

21:15:55

Friday, 27 March, 2026, week 13

World Theatre Day

Scotland switches to daylight saving time at 01:00 on Sunday, 29 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:59 ↓ 18:44 (12h 45m) - More info - Make Scotland time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Scotland

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

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 Scotland

Sunrise: 05:59
Sunset: 18:44
Day length: 12h 45m
Solar noon: 12:21
The current local time in Scotland is 21 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Scotland on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 56.00. Longitude: -4.00
Population: 5,440,000

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Annual average temperatures
for Scotland 1884-2021

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