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
Get the current local time in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, a location in the Europe/London time zone (+1).
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Sunday, 18 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Edinburgh
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
Edinburgh keeps Europe/London clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:50 AM Solar noon 12:59 PM Sunset 6:07 PM Daylight 10 h 17 min Night 13 h 43 min Civil twilight 7:13 AM – 6:45 PM
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
11 postal codes are current for Edinburgh.
Edinburgh stands in Europe/London, an offset of UTC+1 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:50 AM in Edinburgh and down again at 6:07 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 17 min of daylight.
Fairmilehead and Alnwickhill are close to Edinburgh and observe the same time.
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 7:50 AM.