Glasgow
UTC+1United Kingdom · BST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Glasgow, 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: 26 Oct. There is a 5-hour difference between Glasgow 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 Glasgow lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Glasgow 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 Glasgow lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Glasgow 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 Glasgow 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 Glasgow.
Practical Info
Glasgow (United Kingdom) is home to roughly 635K 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: 26 Oct. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 56° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
United Kingdom
Capital
London
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
BST · Europe/London
Coordinates
55.86°N, 4.25°W
Currency
GBP (£)
Calling Code
+44
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
A City Built on Ships
At its peak around 1900, the Clyde was building roughly one-fifth of all the ships launched in the world. Glasgow's shipyards employed tens of thousands, and "Clyde-built" entered English as a synonym for solidly made.
The clock: at 55.9° north Glasgow gets about 17 hours 30 minutes of daylight at midsummer and barely 7 hours at the winter solstice — a ten-hour annual swing that Britain's clock changes only partly soften.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap