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Edinburgh

UTC+1

United Kingdom · BST

Summer
16:11:27Live

Fri, 11 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 04:30↓ 22:0024:00
Sunrise
04:30
Sunset
22:00
Daylight
17.5hrs
Population
0.55M
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Edinburgh, United Kingdom runs on UTC+1. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. There is a 5-hour difference between Edinburgh and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 14:00–18:00 in Edinburgh lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Edinburgh and London currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Edinburgh lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Edinburgh and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Edinburgh lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lisbon, Lagos, Casablanca. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Edinburgh.

Practical Info

Edinburgh (United Kingdom) is home to roughly 0.55M people. Today brings about 17.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:30, sunset at 22:00. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer. Next change: 25 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 56° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

Flag

United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Capital

London

Continent

Europe

Time Zone

BST · Europe/London

Coordinates

55.95°N, 3.19°W

Currency

GBP (£)

Calling Code

+44

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

English

Measurement System

Metric

Annual Daylight

J7.6hF9.6hM11.7hA14.1hM16.2hJ17.6hJ17.1hA15.2hS12.9hO10.6hN8.3hD7h

Working Hours

7h overlap
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