Leicester, 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 ) Leicester, United Kingdom |
Current Time in other Cities of United Kingdom
| Sheffield |
| Leeds |
| Bristol |
| Cardiff |
| Leicester |
| Bradford |
| Belfast |
| Coventry |
| Brent |
| Birkenhead |
| Nottingham |
| Islington |
| Reading |
| Kingston upon Hull |
| Preston |
| Swansea |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Southend-on-Sea |
| Brighton |
| Derby |
| Southampton |
| Wolverhampton |
| Plymouth |
| Stoke-on-Trent |
| Milton Keynes |
| City of Westminster |
| Northampton |
| Oldham |
| Bexley |
| Bexley |
Leicester clocks, offsets and daylight saving
Clocks in Leicester are set to BST, 1 hour ahead of UTC (UTC+01:00). Software that asks for a region wants Europe/London — the IANA identifier for this zone.
One date to watch: Sunday, 25 October 2026. That is when Leicester goes back 1 hour onto GMT — recurring meetings set before then will land an hour out unless the calendar handles zones properly.
Leicester has roughly 368,600 residents and ranks 6th by population among the United Kingdom cities on this site.
Time gaps from Leicester right now
Read this as: relative to each city below, Leicester is the stated amount ahead or behind, right now.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Leicester is 5 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Leicester is 8 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Leicester is 1 hour behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Leicester is 3 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Leicester is 4 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Leicester is 7 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Leicester is 8 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Leicester is 9 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Leicester is 4 hours ahead |
When Leicester and other cities overlap
Usable call slots from Leicester, taking business hours as 09:00 to 17:00 in both places.
| Paris | 09:00–16:00 in Leicester | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–14:00 in Leicester | 5 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 13:00–17:00 in Leicester | 4 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–12:30 in Leicester | 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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