Manchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 53.4167, -2.2500
- Population
- 568 996
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 256 km away
- Same name
- 42 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Below is the local time in Manchester, England, United Kingdom, kept in the Europe/London zone (+1).
Manchester, United Kingdom
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Manchester
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Manchester.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:40 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:11 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 7:05 AM – 6:46 PM
Weather in Manchester right now
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Manchester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- M1
- M11
- M14
- M15
- M16
- M2
- M3
- M4
- M40
- M60
- M61
- M9
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
Other places named Manchester
- Manchester New Hampshire, United States
- Manchester Connecticut, United States
- Manchester Missouri, United States
- Manchester Tennessee, United States
- Manchester Washington, United States
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Little Warford — 14.6 km
- Nether Alderley — 14.8 km
- Adder's Moss — 14.8 km
- Marthall — 15.0 km
- Over Alderley — 15.2 km
- Alderley Park — 15.7 km
About the time in Manchester
Manchester sets its clocks by Europe/London, which runs UTC+1. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Today the sun comes up at 7:40 AM in Manchester and goes down at 6:11 PM. Daylight measures 10 h 31 min.
Nearby settlements including Little Warford and Nether Alderley match the time in Manchester.
Deliveries to Manchester are sorted by 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Should Europe/London be used as the time zone for Manchester?
- Yes, Manchester uses Europe/London, whose offset is +1.
- Does the clock in Manchester follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Manchester: Yes.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Manchester?
- Sunrise 7:40 AM, sunset 6:11 PM.