Hackney in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.5333, -0.0833
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 4 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Hackney, England, United Kingdom
This page answers what time it is in Hackney, England, United Kingdom right now, in the Europe/London zone (+1).
Hackney, United Kingdom
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Hackney
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Hackney.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:33 AM Solar noon 12:46 PM Sunset 5:59 PM Daylight 10 h 26 min Night 13 h 34 min Civil twilight 6:59 AM – 6:33 PM
Weather in Hackney right now
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Hackney and its neighbours
Postal codes
- E2
- E20
- E8
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 Hackney
- Hackney South Australia, Australia
- Hackney Kansas, United States
- Hackney Missouri, United States
- Hackney Montana, United States
- Hackney North Carolina, United States
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Shoreditch — 1.0 km
- Farringdon — 2.1 km
- Clerkenwell — 2.1 km
- Highbury — 2.2 km
- Islington — 2.4 km
- Barnsbury — 2.5 km
Time and daylight in Hackney
There are 3 postal code zones in Hackney.
Clocks in Hackney follow Europe/London, an offset of UTC+1 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Today in Hackney the sun appears at 7:33 AM and sets again at 5:59 PM. Daylight holds for 10 h 26 min.
The hours shown for Hackney apply equally in Shoreditch and Farringdon.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Hackney identified?
- The time zone for Hackney is identified as Europe/London, with an offset of +1.
- What time zone rules apply in Hackney — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Hackney: Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Hackney?
- Sunrise is at 7:33 AM and sunset at 5:59 PM.