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Current local time in Oxford

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Calling Code +44
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02:00+1h
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04:00+3hBecomes +4h on 25 Oct
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Sun & moon in Oxford today

Sunrise
07:04
Sunset
18:45
Daylight
11.7hrs
Next full moon
26 Oct
Hunter's Moon

Annual daylight in Oxford

J8.3 hrsF9.9 hrsM11.8 hrsA13.8 hrsM15.6 hrsJ16.6 hrsJ16.3 hrsA14.7 hrsS12.7 hrsO10.8 hrsN8.9 hrsD7.8 hrs

Working hours in Oxford

8h overlap
OxfordUTC+1
06121824
Your locationUTC+0
06121824
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Time zone guide for Oxford

Oxford, 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: 25 Oct. The time difference between Oxford 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 Oxford lines up with 09:00–13:00 in New York. Oxford 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 Oxford lines up with 09:00–18:00 in London. The time difference between Oxford 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 Oxford 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 Oxford.

Practical information for Oxford

Oxford (United Kingdom) is home to roughly 160K people. Today brings about 11.7 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:04, sunset at 18:45. 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 52° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

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United Kingdom

United Kingdom

Capital

London

Continent

Europe

Time Zone

UTC+1 · Europe/London

Coordinates

51.75°N, 1.26°W

Currency

GBP (£)

Calling Code

+44

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Northern

Language

English

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

Teaching Since Before the Aztecs

Teaching is documented at Oxford from about 1096, which makes it the oldest university in the English-speaking world — older than the Aztec empire, and some three and a half centuries older than the invention of printing in Europe.

The clock: Christ Church's Tom Tower still rings 101 times at 21:05 — the old curfew, kept on Oxford local time, which runs about five minutes behind Greenwich.

The sun and the clock in Oxford (2026)

Solar noon12:05on UTC+0 standard time
Longest day16h 41m22 June
Shortest day7h 47m22 December
Yearly average12h 17mof daylight a day
Earliest sunrise04:4518 June
Latest sunset21:2826 June

Oxford lies at 1.3°W. Its time zone, UTC+0, is built around the prime meridian (0°). The 1.3° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 5 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:05 rather than 12:00. Under daylight saving the clocks move 60 minutes forward, widening the gap to 65 minutes and pushing solar noon to 13:05.

The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 16h 41m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 7h 47m. The swing between them is 8h 54m. 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 Oxford the sun comes up earliest on 18 June at 04:45, while the latest sunset waits until 26 June at 21:28. 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 Oxford that civil twilight runs about 33 minutes at the equinox, stretching to 48 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 Oxford?

The official timezone for Oxford, United Kingdom is Europe/London with a current UTC offset of UTC+1.

What is the population and location of Oxford?

Oxford has an estimated population of 160K and is located at coordinates 51.75°N, 1.26°W.

How many hours of daylight does Oxford get?

Oxford gets 16h 41m of daylight on its longest day and 7h 47m on its shortest, averaging 12h 17m a day across the year.

What time is solar noon in Oxford?

Solar noon in Oxford falls at about 12:05 on UTC+0 standard time, because the city sits 1.3° from the meridian its zone is built on.

What is an interesting fact or statistic about Oxford?

Teaching Since Before the Aztecs: Teaching is documented at Oxford from about 1096, which makes it the oldest university in the English-speaking world — older than the Aztec empire, and some three and a half centuries older than the invention of…