LondonUnited Kingdom
Current time in London, United Kingdom
Monday, 10 August 2026
British Summer TimeUTC+01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockLondon time at a glance
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Location
- Capital city of United Kingdom
- Time zone
Europe/London- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- BST
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 at 01:00 GMT
London time guide
Is London on GMT or BST?
UTC+01:00.- Winter clock
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), UTC+00:00
- Summer clock
- British Summer Time (BST), UTC+01:00
- Next London clock change
- Sunday, 25 October 2026 at 01:00 GMT
- UK change rule
- Clocks move forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October.
Greater London
One clock across 33 local authorities
All of Greater London—including its 32 boroughs and the City of London—uses Europe/London. The Greater London Authority reports a 2024 population estimate of 9.1 million across 1,572 km².
Weather now
Weather in London
Conditions near London and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Sunny
- Feels like
- 20°C
- Humidity
- 47%
- Wind
- 20.2 km/h E
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny19°C to 27°C2% chance of precipitationWind up to 20.9 km/h
- Sunny17°C to 26°C2% chance of precipitationWind up to 18.7 km/h
- Sunny18°C to 31°C1% chance of precipitationWind up to 16.9 km/h
Forecast valid from 19:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-10T18:31:18.132Z; refresh due by 2026-08-10T18:46:18.132Z.
Time-zone identity for London
- IANA zone
Europe/London- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Current zone label
- BST
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
London is currently 1 hour ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Next clock change in London
This change comes from the IANA Time Zone Database. It is described as an offset change unless its daylight-saving purpose can be verified.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for London
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/London, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
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Next 5 years
- UTC+00:00 UTC+00:00UTC offset decreased by
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Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About London
London is the capital of United Kingdom. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of United Kingdom
- Administrative area
- England, United Kingdom
- Population
- 8,961,989
- Coordinates
- 51.5085° N, 0.1257° W. The elevation is 25 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near London
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from London. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- SohoEngland, United Kingdom0.9 km northwest
Europe/LondonSame local time - City of WestminsterEngland, United Kingdom1.4 km southwest
Europe/LondonSame local time - PimlicoEngland, United Kingdom2.3 km south
Europe/LondonSame local time - IslingtonEngland, United Kingdom3.5 km northeast
Europe/LondonSame local time - QueenstownEngland, United Kingdom3.7 km southwest
Europe/LondonSame local time - Camden TownEngland, United Kingdom3.8 km north
Europe/LondonSame local time
Sources for London time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 6 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.
- When do the clocks change?Government of the United Kingdom · Updated 2025-11-24 · Open Government Licence v3.0 · AccessedOfficial UK rules and dates for Greenwich Mean Time and British Summer Time.
- State of London 2026 — London in FiguresGreater London Authority · 2026 edition; ONS 2024 population estimate · Open Government Licence v3.0 · AccessedLondon population, area and local-authority figures.