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Time in Edinburgh, United Kingdom now

05:53:39AM

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Edinburgh switched to standard time at 02:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 07:06AM ↓ 04:48PM (9h 42m) - More info - Make Edinburgh time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Edinburgh

UTC +0

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
now 4 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST)
The time in Edinburgh is normally 5 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Edinburgh can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Edinburgh is Europe/London.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 01:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Edinburgh

Los Angeles	−7 hours	−7 hours
Chicago	−5 hours	−5 hours
New York	−4 hours	−4 hours
Toronto	−4 hours	−4 hours
São Paulo	−3 hours	−3 hours
London	0
UTC	0
Lagos	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+2 hours
Cairo	+3 hours
Istanbul	+3 hours
Moscow	+3 hours
Dubai	+4 hours
Mumbai	+5.5 hours
Hong Kong	+8 hours
Shanghai	+8 hours
Singapore	+8 hours
Tokyo	+9 hours
Sydney	+11 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Edinburgh

Sunrise: 07:06AM
Sunset: 04:48PM
Day length: 9h 42m
Solar noon: 11:57AM
The current local time in Edinburgh is 3 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Edinburgh on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 55.95. Longitude: -3.20
Population: 527,000

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Best restaurants in Edinburgh

#1 Monteiths - Scottish and british food
#2 The Kitchin - British and european food
#3 TIMBERYARD - British and scottish food
#4 Aizle - Scottish and british food

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