Scotland in numbers
- Coordinates
- 53.8578, -1.6420
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 280 km away
- Same name
- 26 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Scotland, England, United Kingdom
Read off the current local time in Scotland, England, United Kingdom, which belongs to the Europe/London zone (+1).
Scotland, United Kingdom
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Scotland
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
Scotland keeps Europe/London clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:36 AM Solar noon 12:53 PM Sunset 6:10 PM Daylight 10 h 33 min Night 13 h 27 min Civil twilight 7:01 AM – 6:46 PM
Weather in Scotland right now
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Scotland and its neighbours
Postal codes
- LS18 Horsforth — 2.2 km away
- LS19 Rawdon — 2.8 km away
- LS16 Eccup — 3.1 km away
- LS28 Calverley — 4.5 km away
- LS21 Jack Hill — 5.0 km away
- LS20 Guiseley — 5.0 km away
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 Scotland
- Scotland Pennsylvania, United States
- Scotland South Dakota, United States
- Scotland Texas, United States
- Scotland Georgia, United States
- Scotland Virginia, United States
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Whitley Lower — 22.4 km
- Briestfield — 22.8 km
- Coxley — 23.0 km
- Addingford — 23.1 km
- Middlestown — 23.2 km
- Horbury Junction — 23.5 km
Time and daylight in Scotland
Addresses in Scotland fall under 6 postal codes.
Time in Scotland runs on Europe/London, which is UTC+1. Does daylight saving time apply here? Yes.
Today's times for Scotland: the sun is up at 7:36 AM and down at 6:10 PM. That means 10 h 33 min of daylight.
The time in Scotland is also the time in nearby Whitley Lower and Briestfield.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Scotland?
- The applicable time zone information is Europe/London, with an offset of +1.
- Does the time in Scotland shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Scotland?
- At 6:10 PM.