Folkestone in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.0817, 1.1673
- Population
- 66 429
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 102 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Folkestone, England, United Kingdom
Local time right now in Folkestone, England, United Kingdom appears above, in the Europe/London time zone (+0).
Folkestone, United Kingdom
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Folkestone
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
Folkestone keeps Europe/London clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:54 AM Solar noon 11:40 AM Sunset 4:27 PM Daylight 9 h 33 min Night 14 h 27 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:02 PM
Weather in Folkestone right now
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Folkestone and its neighbours
Postal codes
- CT19
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 Folkestone
- Folkestone South Carolina, United States
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Shepway District — 0.9 km
- Sandgate — 1.7 km
- Hawkinge — 3.5 km
- Peene — 3.8 km
- Capel Le Ferne — 3.9 km
- Seabrook — 3.9 km
About the time in Folkestone
The sun is up at 6:54 AM in Folkestone and down again at 4:27 PM. Between those times there are 9 h 33 min of daylight.
Neighbouring Shepway District and Sandgate sit in the same time as Folkestone.
There is 1 postal code zones in Folkestone.
The zone in force in Folkestone is Europe/London, with an offset of UTC+0. Seasonal change: No.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Folkestone uses?
- Folkestone uses the Europe/London time zone, with an offset of +0.
- Is daylight saving time used in Folkestone?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Folkestone?
- Sunset there is at 4:27 PM.