Sheerness in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.4404, 0.7625
- Population
- 13 249
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 62 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Sheerness, England, United Kingdom
Learn the current time in Sheerness, England, United Kingdom, a place in the Europe/London time zone (+1).
Sheerness, United Kingdom
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Sheerness
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Sheerness, England.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:23 AM Solar noon 12:44 PM Sunset 6:04 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 6:38 PM
Weather in Sheerness right now
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Sheerness and its neighbours
Postal codes
- ME12
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 Sheerness
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Queenborough — 2.8 km
- Grain — 3.9 km
- Minster — 4.0 km
- Port Victoria — 4.3 km
- Iwade — 7.4 km
- Elmley — 8.2 km
Sheerness: clock, sun and surroundings
Neighbouring Queenborough and Grain sit in the same time as Sheerness.
Postal codes tied to Sheerness number 1.
Sheerness reads its time from Europe/London, placed at UTC+1. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:23 AM in Sheerness and down again at 6:04 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 41 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Sheerness?
- Sheerness observes the Europe/London time zone, with an offset of +1.
- Is the local clock in Sheerness affected by daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- Please give the sunrise time for Sheerness.
- The sun rises at 7:23 AM.