Time in Folkestone, UK | Folkestone Now
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Time zone information for Folkestone
UTC +1
United Kingdom Time (GMT/BST) , currently 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Part of the year: UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
▪Time in Folkestone is 7 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on standard time, and 6 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh when on daylight saving time.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Folkestone is
Europe/London.March29Sunday2026
Latest change: Daylight saving time started
- ▪Switched to UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST).
- ▪The time was set forward one hour from 01:00 to 02:00 local time.
October25Sunday2026
Next change: Standard time begins
- ▪Switch to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
- ▪The time will be set backward one hour from 02:00 to 01:00 local time.
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Folkestone
- ▪Sunrise: 07:28
- ▪Sunset: 17:50
- ▪Day length: 10h 21m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:39
- ▪Current time in Folkestone is currently 39 minutes ahead of solar time.
Folkestone on map
- ▪Location: England, UK
- ▪Latitude: 51,08. Longitude: 1,17
- ▪Population: 66,429
- ▪Elevation: 46 m
Time difference
from Folkestone
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:28
Solar noon 12:39Sunset 17:50
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Europe/London- Abbreviation
- BST
- UTC offset
- UTC+01:00
- Daylight saving
- In effect
- DST Ends
- 25 Oct 2026in 3 days, 10 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792592478
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:28
- Sunset
- 17:50
- Solar noon
- 12:39
- Day length
- 10h 21m
- Night length
- 13h 38m
- Civil twilight
- 06:54 – 18:24
Geography & country
- Country
- UK
- Region / State
- England
- Coordinates
- 51.082°, 1.167°
- Elevation
- 46 m
- Population
- 66,429
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