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Current local time in Limerick

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01:00:00
1 October 2026ThursdayThursday, 1 October 2026
Calling Code +353
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Time difference from Limerick

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CITYLOCAL TIMEDifferenceComing up
London
United Kingdom
01:00±0h
Berlin
Germany
02:00+1h
Dubai
UAE
04:00+3hBecomes +4h on 25 Oct
Tokyo
Japan
09:00+8hBecomes +9h on 25 Oct
Sydney
Australia
10:00+9hBecomes +10h on 4 Oct
New York
United States
20:00Wed−5hBecomes −4h on 24 Oct
Los Angeles
United States
17:00Wed−8hBecomes −7h on 24 Oct
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Sun & moon in Limerick today

Sunrise
07:34
Sunset
19:15
Daylight
11.7hrs
Next full moon
26 Oct
Hunter's Moon

Annual daylight in Limerick

J8.1 hrsF9.9 hrsM11.8 hrsA13.9 hrsM15.7 hrsJ16.8 hrsJ16.4 hrsA14.8 hrsS12.8 hrsO10.7 hrsN8.8 hrsD7.7 hrs

Working hours in Limerick

8h overlap
LimerickUTC+1
06121824
Your locationUTC+0
06121824
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Time zone guide for Limerick

Limerick, Ireland 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. The time difference between Limerick and New York is 5 hours. 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 Limerick lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Limerick 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 Limerick lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Limerick and Tokyo is 8 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 1 hour a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–10:00 in Limerick lines up with 17:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Lisbon, Dublin, Edinburgh. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Limerick.

Practical information for Limerick

Limerick (Ireland) is home to roughly 95K people. Today brings about 11.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:34, sunset at 19:15. 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 53° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

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Ireland

Ireland

Capital

Dublin

Continent

Europe

Time Zone

UTC+1 · Europe/Dublin

Coordinates

52.66°N, 8.63°W

Currency

EUR (€)

Calling Code

+353

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

Irish, English

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

A Verse Form Named After a City

Nobody is certain why the five-line limerick carries the city's name — the connection appears by 1880, possibly from a party song with a refrain about coming up to Limerick. The form itself is older than the name.

The clock: Limerick keeps Irish time. The Treaty Stone on the riverbank marks where the 1691 treaty ending the Williamite war was signed — and promptly broken.

The sun and the clock in Limerick (2026)

Solar noon12:35on UTC+0 standard time
Longest day16h 52m22 June
Shortest day7h 38m22 December
Yearly average12h 17mof daylight a day
Earliest sunrise05:1018 June
Latest sunset22:0326 June

Limerick lies at 8.6°W. Its time zone, UTC+0, is built around the prime meridian (0°). The 8.6° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 35 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:35 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 95 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:35.

The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 16h 52m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 7h 38m. The swing between them is 9h 14m. This is the latitude band where the difference between summer and winter evenings is most obvious.

The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Limerick the sun comes up earliest on 18 June at 05:10, while the latest sunset waits until 26 June at 22:03. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.

The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Limerick that civil twilight runs about 34 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 51 minutes at the solstice.

Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.

Frequently asked questions

What is the current time and timezone in Limerick?

The official timezone for Limerick, Ireland is Europe/Dublin with a current UTC offset of UTC+1.

What is the population and location of Limerick?

Limerick has an estimated population of 95K and is located at coordinates 52.66°N, 8.63°W.

How many hours of daylight does Limerick get?

Limerick gets 16h 52m of daylight on its longest day and 7h 38m on its shortest, averaging 12h 17m a day across the year.

What time is solar noon in Limerick?

Solar noon in Limerick falls at about 12:35 on UTC+0 standard time, because the city sits 8.6° from the meridian its zone is built on.

What is an interesting fact or statistic about Limerick?

A Verse Form Named After a City: Nobody is certain why the five-line limerick carries the city's name — the connection appears by 1880, possibly from a party song with a refrain about coming up to Limerick. The form itself is older than the name.