Rainham in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.3632, 0.6089
- Population
- 6 394
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 53 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rainham, England, United Kingdom
Watch the current local time in Rainham, England, United Kingdom, running on the Europe/London time zone (+1).
Rainham, United Kingdom
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Rainham
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Rainham.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 12:43 PM Sunset 5:56 PM Daylight 10 h 26 min Night 13 h 34 min Civil twilight 6:56 AM – 6:30 PM
Weather in Rainham right now
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Rainham and its neighbours
Postal codes
- ME8
- RM13
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 Rainham
- Rainham England, United Kingdom
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Bredhurst — 4.2 km
- Newington — 4.3 km
- Lower Halstow — 4.3 km
- Stockbury — 4.7 km
- Gillingham — 5.1 km
- Chatham — 5.9 km
Rainham: clock, sun and surroundings
The area of Rainham is divided into 2 postal codes.
Clocks across Rainham run on Europe/London at UTC+1. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun rises over Rainham today at 7:30 AM and slips away at 5:56 PM. That leaves 10 h 26 min of daylight.
The clock reading for Rainham covers nearby Bredhurst and Newington as well.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Rainham?
- The time zone name for Rainham is Europe/London, with an offset of +1.
- Is summer time applied in Rainham?
- Yes.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Rainham?
- In Rainham the sun sets at 5:56 PM.