Time in South Shields, UK | South Shields Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Time zone information for South Shields
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 South Shields 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 South Shields 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 South Shields
- ▪Sunrise: 07:48
- ▪Sunset: 17:50
- ▪Day length: 10h 1m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:50
- ▪Current time in South Shields is currently 50 minutes ahead of solar time.
South Shields on map
- ▪Location: England, UK
- ▪Latitude: 55,00. Longitude: -1,43
- ▪Population: 83,655
- ▪Elevation: 12 m
Time difference
from South Shields
Sun cycle
Sunrise 07:48
Solar noon 12:50Sunset 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 2 days, 21 hours
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792640973
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 07:48
- Sunset
- 17:50
- Solar noon
- 12:50
- Day length
- 10h 01m
- Night length
- 13h 58m
- Civil twilight
- 07:11 – 18:27
Geography & country
- Country
- UK
- Region / State
- England
- Coordinates
- 54.999°, -1.432°
- Elevation
- 12 m
- Population
- 83,655
Nearby places
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