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Time in Edinburgh, United Kingdom now

12:09:11AM

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

April Fools' Day

Edinburgh switched to daylight saving time at 01:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time was set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:43AM ↓ 07:51PM (13h 8m) - More info - Make Edinburgh time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Edinburgh

UTC +1

British Summer Time (BST)
now 5 hours ahead of New York

From 25 October 2026: UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
The time in Edinburgh is normally 5 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Edinburgh can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Edinburgh is Europe/London.

Sunday March 29 2026

Latest change: Summer time started

Switched to UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST).
The time was set forward one hour from 01:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Sunday October 25 2026

Next change: Winter time starts

Switching to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time will be set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Edinburgh

Los Angeles	−8 hours	−8 hours
Chicago	−6 hours	−6 hours
New York	−5 hours	−5 hours
Toronto	−5 hours	−5 hours
São Paulo	−4 hours	−4 hours
UTC	−1 hours	−1 hours
Lagos	0
London	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Istanbul	+2 hours
Moscow	+2 hours
Dubai	+3 hours
Mumbai	+4.5 hours
Hong Kong	+7 hours
Shanghai	+7 hours
Singapore	+7 hours
Tokyo	+8 hours
Sydney	+10 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Edinburgh

Sunrise: 06:43AM
Sunset: 07:51PM
Day length: 13h 8m
Solar noon: 01:17PM
The current local time in Edinburgh is 77 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Edinburgh on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 55.95. Longitude: -3.20
Population: 515,000

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