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Time in London, United Kingdom now

20:15:15

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

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

Sun: ↑ 05:05 ↓ 20:49 (15h 43m) - More info - Make London time default - Remove from favourite locations

Time zone info for London

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

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
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 London

Sunrise: 05:05
Sunset: 20:49
Day length: 15h 43m
Solar noon: 12:57
The current local time in London is 57 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

London on the map

London is the capital of United Kingdom.
Latitude: 51.51. Longitude: -0.13
Population: 8,962,000

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