Time in Leicester, UK | Leicester Now
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Time zone information for Leicester
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 Leicester 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 Leicester 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 Leicester
- ▪Sunrise: 07:40
- ▪Sunset: 17:56
- ▪Day length: 10h 15m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:49
- ▪Current time in Leicester is currently 49 minutes ahead of solar time.
Leicester on map
- ▪Location: England, UK
- ▪Latitude: 52,64. Longitude: -1,13
- ▪Population: 368,600
- ▪Elevation: 65 m
Time difference
from Leicester
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:40
Solar noon 12:49Sunset 17:56
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, 6 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792607834
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:40
- Sunset
- 17:56
- Solar noon
- 12:49
- Day length
- 10h 15m
- Night length
- 13h 44m
- Civil twilight
- 07:05 – 18:31
Geography & country
- Country
- UK
- Region / State
- England
- Coordinates
- 52.639°, -1.132°
- Elevation
- 65 m
- Population
- 368,600
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