Time in London
It is 11:55 on Sunday, 1 November 2026 in London. London is in United Kingdom. Civil time uses the IANA zone Europe/London at +00:00 from UTC (not in effect). Use the live clock below for the current local time, then jump to a difference or conversion when you need meeting math.
London uses Europe/London, switching between Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+00:00) in winter and British Summer Time (UTC+01:00) from late March to late October.
Office hours commonly run 09:00–17:00 or 17:30. New York mornings align with London afternoons; Asia-Pacific calls usually need London early mornings or evenings.
Europe/London is GMT in winter and BST in summer. A meeting labelled “GMT” in July is usually wrong by an hour. Prefer the city name or the IANA id on the invite.
London time zone
- UTC offset
- UTC+00:00
- Abbreviation
- GMT
- IANA
- Europe/London
- DST
- not in effect
Daylight saving in London
London is currently on its standard offset. Clocks in London next go forward on 28 March 2027 at 02:00 local time, moving from UTC+00:00 to UTC+01:00.
Daylight in London today
The sun rises at 06:54 and sets at 16:33, giving 9 h 40 m of daylight. Solar noon falls at 11:44, 16 minutes before the clock reads twelve, because London sits east of the 0° meridian its current offset is built on.
- Sunrise
- 06:54
- Sunset
- 16:33
- Daylight
- 9 h 40 m
- Solar noon
- 11:44Solar noon is when the sun sits highest in the sky. It drifts from clock noon across a time zone, which is why one clock can span very different days.
Best time to call London
Overlap between a 09:00–17:00 working day in London and the same hours in other major cities.
Popular time differences
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About London
- Population
- 8,799,728The administrative city figure recorded by Wikidata. The surrounding urban area is larger.
- Region
- England
- Coordinates
- 51.5072° N, 0.1275° WLatitude is what drives the sunrise and sunset times above.
- Currency
- British Pound (GBP)
- Calling code
- +44Dial this after your international access prefix, and check the overlap table above before you call.
- Languages
- English
- Airports
- LHRHeathrowLGWGatwickArrival and departure boards at these airports quote London local time, not the time where you booked.
Frequently asked questions about time in London
- What time is it in London right now?
- It is 11:55 in London as this page was generated, and the clock above keeps ticking in your browser. London uses the IANA zone Europe/London, currently +00:00.
- Which time zone is London in?
- London is in the GMT time zone (Europe/London), currently +00:00. Always store the identifier rather than the offset — the offset changes with daylight saving, the identifier does not.
- Does London observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. London shifts its clocks during the year, so the difference to cities that do not change moves by an hour twice a year.
- Is London ahead of or behind UTC?
- London is currently at +00:00. When it is 12:00 UTC, the local time in London is 12:00.
Well-known places in London
If you are checking the time in London because you are heading there, these are the most widely documented places to see.
- British MuseumRead more on Wikipedia
- Buckingham PalaceRead more on Wikipedia
- Westminster AbbeyRead more on Wikipedia