Preston in numbers
- Coordinates
- 52.0167, -2.4667
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 171 km away
- Same name
- 57 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Preston, England, United Kingdom
The local time of Preston, England, United Kingdom is presented here, in line with the Europe/London zone (+0).
Preston, United Kingdom
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Preston
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
Preston keeps Europe/London clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:23 AM Solar noon 11:55 AM Sunset 4:27 PM Daylight 9 h 03 min Night 14 h 57 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 5:04 PM
Weather in Preston right now
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Preston and its neighbours
Postal codes
- BN1
- CO10
- CT3
- DT3
- EH40
- GL7
- HR8
- HU12
- LE15
- ME13
- NE30
- NE67
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 Preston
- Preston England, United Kingdom
- Preston Victoria, Australia
- Preston Idaho, United States
- Preston Nova Scotia, Canada
- Preston Texas, United States
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
About the time in Preston
Preston is mapped by 12 postal codes.
The zone applied in Preston is Europe/London with offset UTC+0. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Sunrise in Preston is at 7:23 AM today, and sunset comes at 4:27 PM. Daylight lasts 9 h 03 min.
Donnington and Ledbury sit nearby and do not run ahead of or behind Preston.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is assigned to Preston?
- The time zone assigned to Preston is Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- Do clocks in Preston shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- Please give the sunrise time for Preston.
- The sun rises at 7:23 AM.