DublinIreland
Current time in Dublin, Ireland
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Irish Standard TimeUTC+01:00
⛶ Full-screen clockDublin time at a glance
- Country
- Ireland
- Location
- Capital city of Ireland
- Time zone
Europe/Dublin- UTC offset now
UTC+01:00- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 at 01:00 GMT
Dublin time guide
When does Dublin change its clocks?
UTC+01:00.- Winter time
- Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), UTC+00:00
- Summer time
- Irish Standard Time (IST), UTC+01:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Europe/Dublin
- Dublin and London
- Same clock time throughout the year under current rules
City and county-level Dublin
Dublin City is not the whole county region
Ireland's 2022 census counted 592,713 people in Dublin City and 1,458,154 across Dublin's four local-authority areas. The larger total includes Fingal, South Dublin and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown as well as Dublin City.
Time-zone identity for Dublin
- IANA zone
Europe/Dublin- UTC offset now
- UTC+01:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+1
- Clock-change status
- An offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Dublin 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 Dublin
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 Dublin
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Europe/Dublin, 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 Dublin, capital of Ireland
Dublin is the capital of Ireland. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Ireland
- Administrative area
- Leinster, Ireland
- Population
- 1,024,027
- Coordinates
- 53.3331° N, 6.2489° W. The elevation is 17 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Dublin
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Dublin. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- RathfarnhamLeinster, Ireland4.3 km southwest
Europe/DublinSame local time - TempleogueLeinster, Ireland5.8 km southwest
Europe/DublinSame local time - SandyfordLeinster, Ireland6.7 km south
Europe/DublinSame local time - FinglasLeinster, Ireland7 km northwest
Europe/DublinSame local time - South DublinLeinster, Ireland7.8 km southwest
Europe/DublinSame local time - Dún LaoghaireLeinster, Ireland8.7 km southeast
Europe/DublinSame local time
Sources for Dublin time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 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.
- Census 2022: Summary Results DublinCentral Statistics Office Ireland · 2022 census · AccessedOfficial city and county-level population results for Dublin.