Southampton, 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 ) Southampton, United Kingdom |
Current Time in other Cities of United Kingdom
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| Leeds |
| Bristol |
| Cardiff |
| Leicester |
| Leicester |
| Bradford |
| Belfast |
| Coventry |
| Brent |
| Birkenhead |
| Nottingham |
| Islington |
| Reading |
| Kingston upon Hull |
| Preston |
| Swansea |
| Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Southend-on-Sea |
| Brighton |
| Derby |
| Wolverhampton |
| Plymouth |
| Stoke-on-Trent |
| Milton Keynes |
| City of Westminster |
| Northampton |
| Oldham |
| Bexley |
| Bexley |
Time zone in Southampton
Clocks in Southampton 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 Southampton moves to GMT, so anything booked across that date needs checking.
Population: about 269,781 — 22nd largest of the 102 United Kingdom cities indexed here.
Time difference between Southampton and other cities
Live differences from Southampton, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Southampton is 5 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Southampton is 8 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Southampton is 1 hour behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Southampton is 3 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Southampton is 4 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Southampton is 7 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Southampton is 8 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Southampton is 9 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Southampton is 4 hours ahead |
Working hours that match Southampton
Assuming a 09:00–17:00 day at both ends, these windows (in Southampton local time) fall inside working hours for both cities.
| Paris | 09:00–16:00 in Southampton | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–14:00 in Southampton | 5 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 13:00–17:00 in Southampton | 4 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–12:30 in Southampton | 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.
Popular cities
| New York, United States |
| London, United Kingdom |
| Paris, France |
| Tokyo, Japan |
| Beijing, China |
| Sydney, Australia |
| Berlin, Germany |
| Moscow, Russia |
| Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Singapore, Singapore |
| Los Angeles, United States |
| Chicago, United States |
| Toronto, Canada |
| Mexico City, Mexico |
| São Paulo, Brazil |
| Mumbai, India |
| Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| Seoul, South Korea |
| Istanbul, Turkey |
| Cairo, Egypt |
| Lagos, Nigeria |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Madrid, Spain |
| Rome, Italy |