United Kingdom Time Zone
Time Zone of a Place
What time zone is it in the United Kingdom?
Answer
Time zone in the United Kingdom
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC)
Daylight time is in force right now: UTC+1. Standard time is UTC.
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all keep the same clock: GMT in winter and British Summer Time in summer.
More about the zone: Greenwich Mean Time.
Time Zone Facts
- Time zone
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Abbreviations
- GMT / BST
- Standard time
- UTC
- Daylight saving time
- UTC+1
- Clock changes
- daylight time from March 29, 2026 and standard time from October 25, 2026
- Daylight saving time in effect now
- Yes
Time Difference
- UTC
- 1 hour ahead
- Eastern Time
- 5 hours ahead
- Central Time
- 6 hours ahead
- Mountain Time
- 7 hours ahead
- Pacific Time
- 8 hours ahead
- Moscow Time
- MSK−3 in standard time, MSK−2 in daylight time
Current time in the United Kingdom
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UTC+1 — add 1 hour to UTC
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Time Zone of a Place
This reference shows what time zone a place is in: the name of the zone and its abbreviations, the UTC offset in standard and daylight time, whether the clocks change there and when, plus the difference from UTC, from the four US zones and from Moscow. For example, it can help you find out what time zone is it in the United Kingdom? (The answer is: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC)). Pick a place or a zone (e.g. 'United Kingdom') and hit the 'Find out' button.
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FAQ
What time zone is it in the United Kingdom?
Time zone in the United Kingdom Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC)
Is daylight saving time observed in the United Kingdom?
Yes. This year the clocks there go to daylight time from March 29, 2026 and standard time from October 25, 2026.
What is the time difference in the United Kingdom compared with UTC?
Right now the clock in the United Kingdom is 1 hour ahead of UTC, and MSK−3 in standard time, MSK−2 in daylight time against Moscow Time.
See Also
- Tomsk Time Zone: UTC+7
- Toronto Time Zone: UTC−5
- Tula Time Zone: UTC+3
- Turkey Time Zone: UTC+3
- Tyumen Time Zone: UTC+5
- Udmurtia Time Zone: UTC+4
- Ufa Time Zone: UTC+5
- Ukraine Time Zone: UTC+2
- Ulan-Ude Time Zone: UTC+8
- Ulyanovsk Time Zone: UTC+4
- United States Time Zones: UTC−10 – UTC−5
- Utah Time Zone: UTC−7
- UTC Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−1 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−2 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−3 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−4 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−5 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−6 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- UTC−7 Time Zone: Which Places Use It
- Часовой пояс Великобритании: UTC
- Zona horaria en el Reino Unido: UTC
- Fuso horário no Reino Unido: UTC