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Time in Leicester, United Kingdom now

17:27:30

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Sun: ↑ 05:04 ↓ 20:58 (15h 53m) - More info - Make Leicester time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Leicester

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 Leicester 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 Leicester can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Leicester 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 Leicester

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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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Leicester

Sunrise: 05:04
Sunset: 20:58
Day length: 15h 53m
Solar noon: 13:01
The current local time in Leicester is 61 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Leicester on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 52.64. Longitude: -1.13
Population: 369,000

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Best restaurants in Leicester

#1 Shrimp & Co Leicester - Seafood and vegetarian options food
#2 Kismat - Indian food
#3 House Of Baiklyn (HOB) - Indian food

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