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Leicester

UTC+1

United Kingdom · BST

Summer
01:43:53Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 04:42↓ 21:3624:00
Sunrise
04:42
Sunset
21:36
Daylight
16.9hrs
Population
370K
Season
Summer
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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

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?

A King Found Under a Car Park

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

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Working Hours

7h overlap
LeicesterUTC+1
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Your locationUTC+3
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