Forfar in numbers
- Coordinates
- 56.6438, -2.8900
- Population
- 13 970
- Region
- Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 599 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Forfar, Scotland, United Kingdom
This page shows the time as it is now in Forfar, Scotland, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London time zone (+0).
Forfar, United Kingdom
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Forfar
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Forfar, Scotland.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 4:31 PM Daylight 9 h 10 min Night 14 h 50 min Civil twilight 6:41 AM – 5:12 PM
Weather in Forfar right now
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Forfar and its neighbours
Postal codes
- DD8
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
Other places named Forfar
- Forfar Ontario, Canada
- Forfar North Dakota, United States
- Forfar Oregon, United States
- Forfar Gauteng, South Africa
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- South Whitehills — 1.3 km
- Gowanbank — 1.7 km
- Kingsmuir — 2.4 km
- Auchterforfar — 2.5 km
- Caldhame — 2.6 km
- Padanaram — 2.8 km
Time and daylight in Forfar
There is no time difference between Forfar and nearby South Whitehills or Gowanbank.
Forfar appears under 1 postal code.
The time zone in effect for Forfar is Europe/London, at UTC+0. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Sunrise today is 7:21 AM in Forfar, with sunset at 4:31 PM. That works out to 9 h 10 min of light.
Questions and answers
- Can Forfar's time zone be given as Europe/London?
- Yes, Forfar's time zone is Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- Should I expect a daylight saving change in Forfar?
- No.
- When does daylight begin in Forfar?
- Daylight begins at 7:21 AM.