United Kingdom · BST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Leicester, 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 Leicester 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 Leicester lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Leicester 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 Leicester lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. There is a 8-hour difference between Leicester 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 Leicester 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 Leicester.
Practical Info
Leicester (United Kingdom) is home to roughly 370K people. Today brings about 16.9 hours of daylight: sunrise at 04:42, 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 53° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
United Kingdom
Capital
London
Continent
Europe
Time Zone
BST · Europe/London
Coordinates
52.64°N, 1.13°W
Currency
GBP (£)
Calling Code
+44
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Richard III's remains were found beneath a Leicester council car park in 2012, identified by DNA from living descendants, and reburied in the cathedral in 2015 — 530 years after Bosworth.
The clock: Leicester keeps GMT and BST. Its Diwali celebrations are among the largest outside India.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
7h overlap