Wakefield, 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 ) Wakefield, United Kingdom |
Current Time in other Cities of United Kingdom
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| Cardiff |
| Leicester |
| 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 |
Wakefield time zone and UTC offset
If you need the offset: Wakefield is on BST, 1 hour ahead of UTC, i.e. UTC+01:00. The matching IANA zone is Europe/London.
Wakefield observes daylight saving. The next change lands on Sunday, 25 October 2026, when 1 hour is added or removed and the abbreviation becomes GMT.
Population: about 109,766 — 90th largest of the 102 United Kingdom cities indexed here.
Wakefield compared with major world cities
Current gap between Wakefield and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.
| New York | UTC-04:00 | Wakefield is 5 hours ahead |
| Los Angeles | UTC-07:00 | Wakefield is 8 hours ahead |
| Paris | UTC+02:00 | Wakefield is 1 hour behind |
| Dubai | UTC+04:00 | Wakefield is 3 hours behind |
| Mumbai | UTC+05:30 | Wakefield is 4 hours 30 minutes behind |
| Shanghai | UTC+08:00 | Wakefield is 7 hours behind |
| Tokyo | UTC+09:00 | Wakefield is 8 hours behind |
| Sydney | UTC+10:00 | Wakefield is 9 hours behind |
| Sao Paulo | UTC-03:00 | Wakefield is 4 hours ahead |
Best time to call Wakefield
Where the two working days actually meet, expressed in Wakefield local time.
| Paris | 09:00–16:00 in Wakefield | 7 hours overlap |
| Dubai | 09:00–14:00 in Wakefield | 5 hours overlap |
| Sao Paulo | 13:00–17:00 in Wakefield | 4 hours overlap |
| Mumbai | 09:00–12:30 in Wakefield | 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
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| 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 |