Bristol, United Kingdom
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 ) Bristol, United Kingdom |
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| Milton Keynes |
| City of Westminster |
| Northampton |
| Oldham |
| Bexley |
| Bexley |
Time zone in Bristol
If you need the offset: Bristol is on BST, 1 hour ahead of UTC, i.e. UTC+01:00. The matching IANA zone is Europe/London.
Expect a clock change on Sunday, 25 October 2026: Bristol switches to GMT, moving back by 1 hour. Until that date the UTC+01:00 offset above holds.
Population: about 465,866 — 3rd largest of the 102 United Kingdom cities indexed here.
Bristol compared with major world cities
Live differences from Bristol, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Bristol is 5 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Bristol is 8 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Bristol is 1 hour behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Bristol is 3 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Bristol is 4 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Bristol is 7 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Bristol is 8 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Bristol is 9 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Bristol is 4 hours ahead |
Working hours that match Bristol
Overlap of a normal working day, shown in Bristol time — outside these windows one side is off the clock.
| Paris | 09:00–16:00 in Bristol | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–14:00 in Bristol | 5 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 13:00–17:00 in Bristol | 4 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–12:30 in Bristol | 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.
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