Swansea, 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 ) Swansea, United Kingdom |
Current Time in other Cities of United Kingdom
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| City of Westminster |
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Swansea time zone and UTC offset
Swansea 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.
Expect a clock change on Sunday, 25 October 2026: Swansea switches to GMT, moving back by 1 hour. Until that date the UTC+01:00 offset above holds.
With a population near 300,352, Swansea comes in 17th of the 102 United Kingdom cities we list.
Swansea compared with major world cities
Live differences from Swansea, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Swansea is 5 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Swansea is 8 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Swansea is 1 hour behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Swansea is 3 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Swansea is 4 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Swansea is 7 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Swansea is 8 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Swansea is 9 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Swansea is 4 hours ahead |
Scheduling calls with Swansea
Overlap of a normal working day, shown in Swansea time — outside these windows one side is off the clock.
| Paris | 09:00–16:00 in Swansea | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–14:00 in Swansea | 5 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 13:00–17:00 in Swansea | 4 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–12:30 in Swansea | 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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