London
United Kingdom
London operates on GMT in winter and BST in summer, the original reference meridian. The City — the financial district — overlaps New York in the morning and Tokyo at the close, making it the natural global handover desk. DST shifts happen on the last Sunday of March and October.
Computed via NOAA solar equations for today's date. Local clock times shown below convert the UTC arc into Europe/London.
- Sunrise
- 06:44
- Solar noon
- 12:53
- Sunset
- 19:01
- Day length
- 12h 17m
Approximate local convention; individual organisations vary significantly.
Current
weather.
Live reading from Apple Weather, cached one hour at the edge. Temperature in °C, wind in km/h.
Mostly cloudy
The facts, computed.
Read live from the IANA time-zone database — never hand-typed, so it can't go stale.
- Time zone
- British Summer Time (GMT+1)
- UTC offset
- UTC+01:00
- IANA identifier
- Europe/London
- Daylight saving (2026)
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 29 and back around October 25.
Hours are London's current offset relative to each city, daylight saving included.
- What time zone is London in?
- London is in the British Summer Time zone (GMT+1), currently UTC+01:00.
- Does London observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. In 2026, clocks go forward around March 29 and back around October 25.
- What is London's UTC offset right now?
- London is currently UTC+01:00 (GMT+1).
- What is the time difference between London and New York?
- London is 5 hours ahead of New York right now.