Time in London
London runs on Europe/London, currently UTC+1 (BST). Its clocks change 2 times in 2026.
London, United Kingdom
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- Europe/London
- Abbreviation
- BST
- Standard offset
- UTC+0
- Daylight offset
- UTC+1
- Country
- United Kingdom (GB)
- Coordinates
- 51.51, -0.13
Daylight saving time
Clocks in London change 2 times in 2026. The next changes:
- 2026-10-25 at 01:59Clocks go back 60 minutes (UTC+1 → UTC+0)
- 2027-03-28 at 00:59Clocks go forward 60 minutes (UTC+0 → UTC+1)
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 05:55
- Sunset
- 20:12
- Daylight
- 14 hours 17 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is London in?
- London uses the Europe/London time zone, currently UTC+1 (BST). Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does London observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. London moves between UTC+0 in winter and UTC+1 in summer, changing 2 times in 2026.
- What is the difference between London and UTC?
- UTC+1 as of the last rebuild. It swings between UTC+0 and UTC+1 across the year.
- When does the sun rise and set in London?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 05:55 and sunset 20:12 local time, giving 14 hours 17 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.