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Time in Belfast, United Kingdom now

07:43:50

Monday, 30 March 2026, week 14

Belfast switched to daylight saving time at 01:00 on Sunday, 29 March. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 07:00 ↓ 19:56 (12h 56m) - More info - Make Belfast time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Belfast

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 Belfast 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 Belfast can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Belfast 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 01:00 to 02:00 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 02:00 to 01:00 local time.

Time difference
from Belfast

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 Belfast

Sunrise: 07:00
Sunset: 19:56
Day length: 12h 56m
Solar noon: 13:28
The current local time in Belfast is 88 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Belfast on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 54.60. Longitude: -5.93
Population: 348,000

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