South Shields in numbers
- Coordinates
- 54.9986, -1.4323
- Population
- 83 655
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 398 km away
What time is it in South Shields, England, United Kingdom
This is a live clock for South Shields, England, United Kingdom, showing local time in the Europe/London zone (+0).
South Shields, United Kingdom
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in South Shields
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
South Shields keeps Europe/London clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:08 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 4:33 PM Daylight 9 h 25 min Night 14 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:30 AM – 5:11 PM
Weather in South Shields right now
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South Shields and its neighbours
Postal codes
- NE33
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
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Shiney Row — 15.5 km
- Burdon — 16.0 km
- Newbottle — 16.0 km
- Bournmoor — 16.5 km
- Grasswell — 16.6 km
- Burnside — 16.8 km
South Shields: clock, sun and surroundings
In South Shields today the sun is out from 7:08 AM until 4:33 PM. That comes to 9 h 25 min of daylight.
South Shields shares one clock with the nearby places Shiney Row and Burdon.
Mail addressed to South Shields uses 1 postal code.
South Shields stands in Europe/London, an offset of UTC+0 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for South Shields labeled?
- The time zone for South Shields is labeled Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- What time zone rules apply in South Shields — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in South Shields: No.
- How do I know when the sun rises in South Shields?
- Sunrise there is at 7:08 AM.