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Time in United Kingdom now

23:50:37

Sunday, 17. May 2026, week 20

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Time zone info for United Kingdom

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 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 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 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	−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	+9 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.