Colchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.8892, 0.9042
- Population
- 130 245
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 83 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Colchester, England, United Kingdom
This page carries the current local time for Colchester, England, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London time zone (+0).
Colchester, United Kingdom
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Colchester
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Colchester, England.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:53 AM Solar noon 11:41 AM Sunset 4:29 PM Daylight 9 h 36 min Night 14 h 24 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:04 PM
Weather in Colchester right now
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Colchester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- CO1
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 Colchester
- Colchester Vermont, United States
- Colchester Connecticut, United States
- Colchester Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Colchester Ontario, Canada
- Colchester Illinois, United States
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Myland — 2.8 km
- Lexden — 3.3 km
- Colchester District — 3.4 km
- West Bergholt — 4.5 km
- Rowhedge — 4.5 km
- East Donyland — 4.6 km
Local time details for Colchester
The clock in nearby Myland and Lexden follows Colchester.
1 postal code is listed for Colchester.
Colchester keeps the Europe/London zone, which is UTC+0. Whether summer time is observed: No.
Today the sun rises over Colchester at 6:53 AM and sets at 4:29 PM. That is 9 h 36 min of daylight in all.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Colchester?
- The time in Colchester is calculated using Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- Do I need to account for daylight saving time in Colchester?
- Daylight saving time in Colchester: No.
- When does light leave Colchester?
- Light leaves at 4:29 PM.