Bristol in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.4552, -2.5966
- Population
- 479 024
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 171 km away
- Same name
- 40 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bristol, England, United Kingdom
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Bristol, England, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London zone (+0).
Bristol, United Kingdom
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Bristol
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
Bristol keeps Europe/London clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 4:37 PM Daylight 9 h 24 min Night 14 h 36 min Civil twilight 6:38 AM – 5:13 PM
Weather in Bristol right now
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Bristol and its neighbours
Postal codes
- BS1
- BS2
- BS3
- BS31
- BS32
- BS34
- BS35
- BS39
- BS40
- BS41
- BS5
- BS6
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
Other places named Bristol
- Bristol Connecticut, United States
- Bristol Tennessee, United States
- Bristol Virginia, United States
- Bristol Rhode Island, United States
- Bristol Virginia, United States
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Hanham — 5.5 km
- Dundry — 6.4 km
- Shirehampton — 6.6 km
- Pill — 6.7 km
- Frenchay — 7.3 km
- Easton-In-Gordano — 7.5 km
About the time in Bristol
The postal breakdown of Bristol runs to 12 codes.
Bristol lies in the Europe/London time zone, offset UTC+0. Seasonal adjustment of clocks: No.
Today Bristol sees sunrise at 7:13 AM, sunset at 4:37 PM. Daylight comes out to 9 h 24 min.
For Hanham and Dundry near Bristol, the clock reads the same.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone does Bristol use?
- Bristol uses Europe/London, which has an offset of +0.
- Does the local time in Bristol include a summer time period?
- No.
- What time does the day start in Bristol?
- The sun rises at 7:13 AM.