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Time in United Kingdom now

09:06:01

Thursday 19 December 2024, week 51

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Time zone info for United Kingdom

UTC +0

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 30 March 2025: UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST)
The time in United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for United Kingdom is Europe/London.

Sunday October 27 2024

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 30 2025

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 United Kingdom

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 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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United Kingdom on the map

Continent: Europe
Area: 244,820 km²
Capital: London
Currency: Pound (GBP)
Calling code: +44
Internet top level domain: .uk
Latitude: 54.76. Longitude: -2.70
Population: 66,489,000

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Annual average temperatures
for United Kingdom 1884-2021

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