Hitchin in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.9492, -0.2850
- Population
- 35 220
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 50 km away
What time is it in Hitchin, England, United Kingdom
The clock on this page follows the local time of Hitchin, England, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London zone (+0).
Hitchin, United Kingdom
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Hitchin
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
Hitchin keeps Europe/London clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:51 AM Solar noon 11:46 AM Sunset 4:41 PM Daylight 9 h 50 min Night 14 h 10 min Civil twilight 6:16 AM – 5:16 PM
Weather in Hitchin right now
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Hitchin and its neighbours
Postal codes
- SG4
- SG5
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
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Ickleford — 2.4 km
- Ippollitts — 2.8 km
- Great Wymondley — 3.4 km
- Pirton — 3.8 km
- Great Offley — 4.2 km
- Offley — 5.0 km
Hitchin: clock, sun and surroundings
The clock in nearby Ickleford and Ippollitts follows Hitchin.
Hitchin carries 2 postal codes.
The zone applied in Hitchin is Europe/London with offset UTC+0. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Today the sun comes up at 6:51 AM in Hitchin and goes down at 4:41 PM. Daylight measures 9 h 50 min.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone value belongs to Hitchin?
- The time zone value for Hitchin is Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- What time zone rules apply in Hitchin — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Hitchin: No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in Hitchin?
- Sunrise there is at 6:51 AM.