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 shows, minute by minute, the local time in Hackney, England, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London zone (+1).
Hackney, United Kingdom
Saturday, 5 September 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 6:20 AM Solar noon 1:00 PM Sunset 7:41 PM Daylight 13 h 21 min Night 10 h 39 min Civil twilight 5:46 AM – 8:15 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
Close to Hackney, the towns of Islington and Holloway show the same time.
Addresses in Hackney fall under 3 postal codes.
Clocks in Hackney follow Europe/London, an offset of UTC+1 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
In Hackney, first light arrives at 6:20 AM and the sun goes down at 7:41 PM. The day holds 13 h 21 min of light.
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 6:20 AM and sunset at 7:41 PM.