Belfast in numbers
- Coordinates
- 54.5833, -5.9167
- Population
- 348 005
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 516 km away
- Same name
- 24 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
This page carries the current local time for Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London time zone (+0).
Belfast, United Kingdom
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Belfast
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
Belfast keeps Europe/London clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:41 AM Solar noon 12:09 PM Sunset 4:36 PM Daylight 8 h 56 min Night 15 h 04 min Civil twilight 7:02 AM – 5:16 PM
Weather in Belfast right now
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Belfast and its neighbours
Postal codes
- BT1
- BT10
- BT11
- BT12
- BT13
- BT14
- BT15
- BT16
- BT17
- BT2
- BT29
- BT3
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 Northern Ireland
- Londonderry County Borough 87 153
- Derry 83 652
- Lisburn 77 506
- Newtownabbey 63 860
- Bangor 61 011
- Craigavon 59 236
Other places named Belfast
- Belfast Mpumalanga, South Africa
- Belfast Maine, United States
- Belfast Canterbury, New Zealand
- Belfast Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Belfast Pennsylvania, United States
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Belfast City Centre — 1.7 km
- Stranmillis — 1.8 km
- Ballymacarret — 2.0 km
- Rosetta — 2.1 km
- Ballynafeigh — 2.1 km
- Ormeau — 2.1 km
Local time details for Belfast
The name of the time zone in Belfast is Europe/London, and it runs UTC+0. Daylight saving time: No.
Belfast sees the sun rise at 7:41 AM and set at 4:36 PM today. Daylight runs for 8 h 56 min.
In Belfast City Centre and Stranmillis the clock agrees with Belfast.
Belfast contains 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- Does Belfast use the Europe/London time zone?
- Yes, Belfast uses Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Belfast?
- No.
- When is the sun down in Belfast?
- The sun goes down at 4:36 PM.