Rochester in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.3876, 0.5055
- Population
- 28 671
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 46 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rochester, England, United Kingdom
What follows is the current local time in Rochester, England, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London zone (+0).
Rochester, United Kingdom
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Rochester
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Rochester.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 11:43 AM Sunset 4:39 PM Daylight 9 h 53 min Night 14 h 07 min Civil twilight 6:12 AM – 5:14 PM
Weather in Rochester right now
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Rochester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- ME1
- NE19
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 Rochester
- Rochester New York, United States
- Rochester Minnesota, United States
- Rochester New Hampshire, United States
- Rochester Michigan, United States
- Rochester Indiana, United States
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Chatham — 1.8 km
- Borstal — 1.9 km
- Wainscott — 2.8 km
- Gillingham — 3.0 km
- Medway — 3.3 km
- Chattenden — 3.8 km
Local time details for Rochester
The clock does not change between Rochester, Chatham and Borstal.
Within Rochester, postal codes number 2.
The zone applied in Rochester is Europe/London with offset UTC+0. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Today's sun rises in Rochester at 6:46 AM, then sets at 4:39 PM. The day offers 9 h 53 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Rochester?
- The applicable time zone information is Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- Does Rochester take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Rochester: No.
- What time is last light in Rochester?
- The sun sets at 4:39 PM.