Widnes in numbers
- Coordinates
- 53.3618, -2.7341
- Population
- 61 464
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 272 km away
What time is it in Widnes, England, United Kingdom
The current local time in Widnes, England, United Kingdom — time zone Europe/London (+1) — is shown right here.
Widnes, United Kingdom
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Widnes
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Widnes, England.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:55 AM Solar noon 12:56 PM Sunset 5:57 PM Daylight 10 h 03 min Night 13 h 57 min Civil twilight 7:19 AM – 6:33 PM
Weather in Widnes right now
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Widnes and its neighbours
Postal codes
- WA8
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
- Horton-Cum-Peel — 16.3 km
- Delamere — 17.0 km
- Kelsall — 17.2 km
- Great Barrow — 17.3 km
- Oscroft — 18.3 km
- Guilden Sutton — 18.3 km
Local time details for Widnes
The zone applied in Widnes is Europe/London with offset UTC+1. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
Today Widnes gets sunrise at 7:55 AM and sunset at 5:57 PM. That leaves 10 h 03 min of daylight.
Neighbouring Horton-Cum-Peel and Delamere sit in the same time as Widnes.
The postal system lists 1 codes for Widnes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Widnes?
- The time zone covering Widnes is Europe/London, with an offset of +1.
- Will the time in Widnes move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Widnes: Yes.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Widnes?
- It rises at 7:55 AM.