The Drones in numbers
- Coordinates
- 55.1000, -6.3500
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 575 km away
What time is it in The Drones, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
The time you see here is the local time in The Drones, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London time zone (+1).
The Drones, United Kingdom
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in The Drones
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in The Drones.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:59 AM Solar noon 1:12 PM Sunset 6:24 PM Daylight 10 h 25 min Night 13 h 35 min Civil twilight 7:23 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in The Drones right now
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The Drones and its neighbours
Postal codes
- BT53 Armoy — 2.1 km away
- BT54 Cape Castle — 6.4 km away
- BT58 Child Support Agency — 7.0 km away
- BT44 Dunloy — 10.6 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 Northern Ireland
- Belfast 348 005
- Londonderry County Borough 87 153
- Derry 83 652
- Lisburn 77 506
- Newtownabbey 63 860
- Bangor 61 011
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
Time and daylight in The Drones
The sky over The Drones lightens at 7:59 AM and the sun sets at 6:24 PM. Daylight runs for 10 h 25 min today.
Check The Drones and you have also checked Armoy and Pharis.
The Drones has 4 postal codes in total.
The Drones uses the Europe/London time zone with a UTC+1 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: Yes.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in The Drones listed?
- The time zone in The Drones is listed as Europe/London, with an offset of +1.
- Does The Drones adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunrise in The Drones?
- The hour is 7:59 AM.