Canterbury in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.2796, 1.0808
- Population
- 55 087
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 87 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Canterbury, England, United Kingdom
The current local time in Canterbury, England, United Kingdom is displayed here for the Europe/London time zone (+0).
Canterbury, United Kingdom
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Canterbury
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
Canterbury keeps Europe/London clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:51 AM Solar noon 11:40 AM Sunset 4:30 PM Daylight 9 h 39 min Night 14 h 21 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 5:05 PM
Weather in Canterbury right now
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Canterbury and its neighbours
Postal codes
- AB45
- CT1
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 Canterbury
- Canterbury Victoria, Australia
- Canterbury New South Wales, Australia
- Canterbury New Hampshire, United States
- Canterbury New Brunswick, Canada
- Canterbury West Virginia, United States
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Harbledown — 2.0 km
- Thannington — 2.1 km
- Thanington Without — 2.9 km
- Hackington — 2.9 km
- Harbledown And Rough Common — 3.3 km
- Fordwich — 3.6 km
Local time details for Canterbury
Places close to Canterbury, among them Harbledown and Thannington, share its time.
The area of Canterbury is divided into 2 postal codes.
The zone name for Canterbury is Europe/London and the offset is UTC+0. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise comes to Canterbury at 6:51 AM and sunset at 4:30 PM today. Together that makes 9 h 39 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Canterbury follow?
- Canterbury follows Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- Does Canterbury observe a seasonal time shift?
- Daylight saving in Canterbury: No.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Canterbury?
- Sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 4:30 PM.