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Time in Scotland, United Kingdom now

10:40:52

Monday 31 March 2025, week 14

World Backup Day / Freedom Day (Malta)

Scotland switched to daylight saving time at 01:00 on Sunday 30 March. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:46 ↓ 19:54 (13h 8m) - More info - Make Scotland time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Scotland

UTC +1

British Summer Time (BST)
now 8 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time

From 26 October 2025: UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
The time in Scotland is 7 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time when Scotland is on standard time, and 8 hours ahead of Pacific Daylight Time when Scotland is on daylight saving time.
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	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Scotland

Sunrise: 06:46
Sunset: 19:54
Day length: 13h 8m
Solar noon: 13:20
The current local time in Scotland is 80 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.