Basildon in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.5684, 0.4578
- Population
- 144 859
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 41 km away
What time is it in Basildon, England, United Kingdom
The time in Basildon, England, United Kingdom at this very moment is shown below, in the Europe/London zone (+0).
Basildon, United Kingdom
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Basildon
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Basildon, England.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:44 AM Solar noon 11:43 AM Sunset 4:43 PM Daylight 9 h 59 min Night 14 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:09 AM – 5:17 PM
Weather in Basildon right now
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Basildon and its neighbours
Postal codes
- RG8
- SS14
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in England
- London 8 961 989
- Birmingham 1 157 603
- Manchester 568 996
- Sheffield 556 500
- Leeds 536 280
- Liverpool 496 770
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Vange — 2.0 km
- Basildon District — 2.6 km
- Pitsea — 3.5 km
- Great Burstead — 4.0 km
- Fobbing — 4.0 km
- Bowers Gifford — 4.6 km
Time and daylight in Basildon
2 postal codes divide Basildon.
Basildon works to Europe/London time, set at UTC+0. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today Basildon sees sunrise at 6:44 AM, sunset at 4:43 PM. Daylight comes out to 9 h 59 min.
The local time of Basildon is shared by neighbouring Vange and Basildon District.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone applies to Basildon?
- The time zone that applies to Basildon is Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- Does the local time in Basildon change with daylight saving?
- No.
- At what hour does the sun set in Basildon?
- At 4:43 PM.