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
The local time of Manchester, England, United Kingdom is presented here, in line with the Europe/London zone (+1).
Manchester, United Kingdom
Friday, 4 September 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 06:24 Solar noon 13:09 Sunset 19:55 Daylight 13 h 30 min Night 10 h 30 min Civil twilight 05:48 – 20:31
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
- Didsbury — 1.2 km
- Baguley — 3.1 km
- Wythenshawe — 4.2 km
- Sale — 5.0 km
- Heaton Norris — 5.3 km
- Borough Of Stockport — 5.5 km
About the time in Manchester
The postal system lists 12 codes for Manchester.
Manchester sets its clocks by Europe/London, which runs UTC+1. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Sunrise today is 06:24 in Manchester, with sunset at 19:55. That works out to 13 h 30 min of light.
The clock does not change between Manchester, Didsbury and Fallowfield.
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 06:24, sunset 19:55.