Dover in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.1263, 1.3010
- Population
- 41 709
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 108 km away
- Same name
- 55 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dover, England, United Kingdom
Look up the current time in Dover, England, United Kingdom, which follows the Europe/London zone (+1).
Dover, United Kingdom
Sunday, 18 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Dover
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Dover, England.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:24 AM Solar noon 12:41 PM Sunset 5:58 PM Daylight 10 h 35 min Night 13 h 25 min Civil twilight 6:50 AM – 6:32 PM
Weather in Dover right now
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Dover and its neighbours
Postal codes
- CT16
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 Dover
- Dover Delaware, United States
- Dover New Hampshire, United States
- Dover New Jersey, United States
- Dover Ohio, United States
- Dover Alberta, Canada
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Maxton — 1.0 km
- River — 2.6 km
- Guston — 2.9 km
- Kearsney — 3.1 km
- Swingate — 3.4 km
- Hougham Without — 3.9 km
Dover: clock, sun and surroundings
Hours in Dover are kept by Europe/London, standing at UTC+1. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Today the day starts in Dover at 7:24 AM with sunrise and ends at 5:58 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 10 h 35 min.
There is no time difference between Dover and nearby Maxton or River.
1 postal code is attached to Dover.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone contains Dover?
- Dover is in Europe/London, which has an offset of +1.
- Does the time in Dover shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Dover today?
- Sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 5:58 PM.