United Kingdom · BST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Leeds, 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 Leeds 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 Leeds lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Leeds 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 Leeds lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Leeds 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 Leeds 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 Leeds.
Practical Info
Leeds (United Kingdom) is home to roughly 810K people. Today brings about 17.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:36, sunset at 21:36. 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 54° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
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United Kingdom
Capital
London
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
BST · Europe/London
Coordinates
53.80°N, 1.55°W
Currency
GBP (£)
Calling Code
+44
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Leeds grew rich on wool, and by the early 19th century its cloth halls were handling a large share of England's woollen trade. The city's population rose roughly tenfold across the 1800s, from around 30,000 to over 400,000.
The clock: Leeds keeps GMT and BST. It sits almost exactly midway between London and Edinburgh, which is how it ended up as a rail junction and later a banking centre.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap