London vs New York
Time difference between London and New York: -5 hours. Compare live clocks, DST changes, and meeting times.
This is the default transatlantic meeting pair: finance, media, and product teams book it constantly. The gap is usually five hours in northern summer and five hours in winter too under current rules — both cities spring forward — but the overlap window is still only the London afternoon / New York morning, and it slips by an hour for a week when the two DST change dates do not match.
- -5 hours
- When it is 09:00 in London, it is 04:00 in New York.
- Daylight saving
- This gap can change when daylight saving starts or ends on either side. Recheck near transition weekends.
Working hours overlap
London and New York share about 3 hours of a 09:00–17:00 working day: 14:00–17:00 in London is 09:00–12:00 in New York.
London to New York: hour by hour
Every hour of today in London and the matching local time in New York. Highlighted rows fall inside working hours in both cities.
| London | New York |
|---|---|
| 00:00 | 19:00 (previous day) |
| 01:00 | 20:00 (previous day) |
| 02:00 | 21:00 (previous day) |
| 03:00 | 22:00 (previous day) |
| 04:00 | 23:00 (previous day) |
| 05:00 | 00:00 |
| 06:00 | 01:00 |
| 07:00 | 02:00 |
| 08:00 | 03:00 |
| 09:00 | 04:00 |
| 10:00 | 05:00 |
| 11:00 | 06:00 |
| 12:00 | 07:00 |
| 13:00 | 08:00 |
| 14:00 | 09:00 |
| 15:00 | 10:00 |
| 16:00 | 11:00 |
| 17:00 | 12:00 |
| 18:00 | 13:00 |
| 19:00 | 14:00 |
| 20:00 | 15:00 |
| 21:00 | 16:00 |
| 22:00 | 17:00 |
| 23:00 | 18:00 |
Working hours in both cities
When this gap changes
Both cities change clocks — London on Sunday, 25 October 2026 and New York on Sunday, 1 November 2026. Between those dates the usual difference is an hour off.
Popular time differences
London and New York: common questions
- What is the time difference between London and New York?
- The current difference is -5 hours. When it is 09:00 in London, it is 04:00 in New York.
- When can London and New York meet?
- London and New York share about 3 hours of a 09:00–17:00 working day: 14:00–17:00 in London is 09:00–12:00 in New York.
- Does the difference change during the year?
- It can. Whenever one city changes its clocks and the other does not, the gap moves by an hour until both have transitioned. Both cities change clocks — London on Sunday, 25 October 2026 and New York on Sunday, 1 November 2026. Between those dates the usual difference is an hour off.