Current Time in London, United Kingdom
Time and Sun Facts for London
- Local time
- 9:35 pm
- Date
- Saturday, 24 October 2026
- Time zone
Europe/London- UTC offset
- UTC+1
- Daylight saving
- In effect now
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 — clocks go back
- Sunrise
- 7:40 am
- Sunset
- 5:49 pm
- Day length
- 10 hours 9 minutes
- Coordinates
- 51.51, -0.13
How London Keeps Time
London keeps BST, UTC+1. The live clock normally synchronizes to the site time source and then applies the IANA rules for London; until synchronization succeeds, it uses the device clock as a fallback. Daylight-saving changes are applied only where that zone actually observes them.
London runs on the Europe/London zone in the IANA time zone database, which is UTC+1 right now. The clocks change twice a year here: UTC+0 on standard time and UTC+1 while daylight saving is in force. The next change is on 25 October 2026, when clocks go back one hour.
The sun rises in London at 7:40 am today and sets at 5:49 pm — 10 hours 9 minutes of daylight, with solar noon at 12:44 pm. Those times come from the city’s coordinates (51.51, -0.13), so they shift a little every day of the year.
On the two solstices, London has about 16 hours 38 minutes of daylight in June and 7 hours 50 minutes in December. The difference is about 8 hours 49 minutes, which shows how strongly the local daylight cycle changes through the year.
At the current civil offset, London’s longitude corresponds to a difference of about 1 hour 1 minute between zone time and longitude-based mean solar time. Today’s calculated solar noon is 12:44 pm rather than 12:00 on the clock.
The whole of United Kingdom keeps one time, so the clock on this page is also the clock in London and in every other city listed below.
London at a Glance
| Coordinates | 51.5100, -0.1300 |
|---|---|
| IANA time zone | Europe/London |
| Current UTC offset | UTC+1 |
| Daylight saving | Observed seasonally |
| Sunrise today | 7:40 am |
| Sunset today | 5:49 pm |
| Solar noon | 12:44 pm |
| Daylight today | 10 hours 9 minutes |
How London Compares with Other Cities
Read the last column as the other city relative to London. Where either place uses daylight saving, the gap changes for part of the year — the time difference calculator always shows today’s figure.
| City | Local time | Compared with London |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 4:35 pm | 5 hours behind |
| Los Angeles | 1:35 pm | 8 hours behind |
| Dubai | 12:35 am | 3 hours ahead |
| Karachi | 1:35 am | 4 hours ahead |
| Singapore | 4:35 am | 7 hours ahead |
| Tokyo | 5:35 am | 8 hours ahead |
| Sydney | 7:35 am | 10 hours ahead |
Nearby Listed Cities to London
Distances are straight-line geographic distances between the coordinates used by the directory; road or rail distances will be longer.
| City | Approx. distance | Local time |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 162 km | 9:35 pm |
| Bristol | 170 km | 9:35 pm |
| Cardiff | 211 km | 9:35 pm |
| Manchester | 261 km | 9:35 pm |
| Leeds | 272 km | 9:35 pm |
Other Cities in United Kingdom
All of these read UTC+1, the same as London, because United Kingdom keeps one zone nationally. Each page adds that city’s own sunrise, sunset and prayer times, which do differ.
Questions People Ask
When does London next change its clocks?
The next transition is 25 October 2026. Use Europe/London in calendar software instead of pinning an event to one fixed UTC offset.
Why is solar noon in London far from 12:00?
The current civil offset and the city longitude do not place mean solar noon at twelve on the clock. Today the calculated solar noon is 12:44 pm.
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