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Time in Scotland, United Kingdom now

05:58:45

Monday, 21. April 2025., week 17.

Easter Monday

Sun: ↑ 05:52 ↓ 20:37 (14h 45m) - More info - Make Scotland time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Scotland

UTC +1

British Summer Time (BST)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 26 October 2025: UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
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 March 30 2025

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 26 2025

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 Scotland

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
London	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	+9 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Scotland

Sunrise: 05:52
Sunset: 20:37
Day length: 14h 45m
Solar noon: 13:15
The current local time in Scotland is 75 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Scotland on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 56.00. Longitude: -4.00
Population: 5,437,000

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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.