Time in Brighton, United Kingdom

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Current time in United Kingdom

Time zone: BST (UTC/GMT +01:00) — Europe/London

Local Clock Offset: Yesterday, -7 H
Time zone: (UTC/GMT +1 ) Brighton, United Kingdom

Brighton clocks, offsets and daylight saving

Brighton runs on BST. That places it 1 hour ahead of UTC (UTC+01:00); in a calendar, server config or booking form, select Europe/London.

One date to watch: Sunday, 25 October 2026. That is when Brighton goes back 1 hour onto GMT — recurring meetings set before then will land an hour out unless the calendar handles zones properly.

Brighton has roughly 277,103 residents and ranks 20th by population among the United Kingdom cities on this site.

How far ahead or behind is Brighton?

How Brighton lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.

New York UTC-04:00 Brighton is 5 hours ahead
Los Angeles UTC-07:00 Brighton is 8 hours ahead
Paris UTC+02:00 Brighton is 1 hour behind
Dubai UTC+04:00 Brighton is 3 hours behind
Mumbai UTC+05:30 Brighton is 4 hours 30 minutes behind
Shanghai UTC+08:00 Brighton is 7 hours behind
Tokyo UTC+09:00 Brighton is 8 hours behind
Sydney UTC+10:00 Brighton is 9 hours behind
Sao Paulo UTC-03:00 Brighton is 4 hours ahead

Working hours that match Brighton

Assuming a 09:00–17:00 day at both ends, these windows (in Brighton local time) fall inside working hours for both cities.

Paris 09:00–16:00 in Brighton 7 hours overlap
Dubai 09:00–14:00 in Brighton 5 hours overlap
Sao Paulo 13:00–17:00 in Brighton 4 hours overlap
Mumbai 09:00–12:30 in Brighton 3.5 hours overlap

No shared working window exists with Los Angeles, Tokyo or Sydney, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.

Sharing Brighton's time zone

Same zone, same time — each of these sits on Europe/London alongside Brighton, including through any clock change.

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