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Time in Edinburgh, United Kingdom now

07:32:35AM

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Edinburgh switches to standard time at 02:00AM on Sunday, October 25. The time is set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:57AM ↓ 05:58PM (10h 2m) - More info - Make Edinburgh time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Edinburgh

UTC +1

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

From 25 October 2026: UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
The time in Edinburgh is 4 hours ahead of the time in New York when Edinburgh is on standard time, and 5 hours ahead of the time in New York when Edinburgh is on daylight saving time.
The IANA time zone identifier for Edinburgh is Europe/London.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST).
The time was set forward one hour from 01:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Edinburgh

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
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 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 Edinburgh

Sunrise: 07:57AM
Sunset: 05:58PM
Day length: 10h 2m
Solar noon: 12:57PM
The current local time in Edinburgh is 57 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Edinburgh on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 55.95. Longitude: -3.20
Population: 515,000

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Best restaurants in Edinburgh

#1 Barry Fish - Seafood and vegetarian options food
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#3 Hendersons - Vegetarian and vegan food

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