Edinburgh in numbers
- Coordinates
- 55.9497, -3.1933
- Population
- 514 990
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 533 km away
- Same name
- 10 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
This page carries the current local time for Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London time zone (+1).
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Friday, 4 September 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Edinburgh
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
Edinburgh keeps Europe/London time.
The sun today
Sunrise 06:24 Solar noon 13:13 Sunset 20:03 Daylight 13 h 39 min Night 10 h 21 min Civil twilight 05:45 – 20:42
Weather in Edinburgh right now
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Edinburgh and its neighbours
Postal codes
- EH1
- EH11
- EH12
- EH2
- EH3
- EH4
- EH5
- EH6
- EH7
- EH8
- EH9
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 Scotland
- Glasgow 626 410
- Aberdeen 198 590
- Dundee 148 210
- Paisley 77 270
- East Kilbride 75 310
- Livingston 56 840
Other places named Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Indiana, United States
- Edinburgh South Australia, Australia
- Edinburgh Essequibo Islands-West Demerara, Guyana
- Edinburgh Manchester, Jamaica
- Edinburgh Chaguanas, Trinidad And Tobago
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Fairmilehead — 5.0 km
- Alnwickhill — 5.0 km
- Oxgangs — 5.1 km
- Comiston — 5.4 km
- Gracemount — 5.4 km
- Mortonhall — 5.7 km
Time and daylight in Edinburgh
Records show 11 postal codes for Edinburgh.
Edinburgh stands in Europe/London, an offset of UTC+1 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: Yes.
Sunrise in Edinburgh is at 06:24 today, and sunset comes at 20:03. Daylight lasts 13 h 39 min.
Clocks in Colinton and Danderhall read the same as clocks in Edinburgh.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Edinburgh?
- Choose Europe/London for Edinburgh, with an offset of +1.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in Edinburgh?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunrise in Edinburgh?
- The hour is 06:24.