Oxford, 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 ) Oxford, United Kingdom |
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| Newcastle upon Tyne |
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| Brighton |
| Derby |
| Southampton |
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| Stoke-on-Trent |
| Milton Keynes |
| City of Westminster |
| Northampton |
| Oldham |
| Bexley |
Oxford time zone and UTC offset
Clocks in Oxford 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.
This zone does shift. On Sunday, 25 October 2026 the clocks go back 1 hour and Oxford moves to GMT, so anything booked across that date needs checking.
Population: about 162,100 — 51st largest of the 102 United Kingdom cities indexed here.
Time gaps from Oxford right now
How Oxford lines up against other major centres at this moment — the numbers move when either side changes its clocks.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Oxford is 5 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Oxford is 8 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Oxford is 1 hour behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Oxford is 3 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Oxford is 4 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Oxford is 7 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Oxford is 8 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Oxford is 9 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Oxford is 4 hours ahead |
When Oxford and other cities overlap
Overlap of a normal working day, shown in Oxford time — outside these windows one side is off the clock.
| Paris | 09:00–16:00 in Oxford | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–14:00 in Oxford | 5 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 13:00–17:00 in Oxford | 4 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–12:30 in Oxford | 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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