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Time in Bristol, United Kingdom now

02:56:04PM

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Bristol switches to daylight saving time at 01:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:54AM ↓ 06:37PM (12h 42m) - More info - Make Bristol time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Bristol

UTC +0

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
now 4 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST)
The time in Bristol is normally 5 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Bristol can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Bristol is Europe/London.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 01:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Bristol

Los Angeles	−7 hours	−7 hours
Chicago	−5 hours	−5 hours
New York	−4 hours	−4 hours
Toronto	−4 hours	−4 hours
São Paulo	−3 hours	−3 hours
London	0
UTC	0
Lagos	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Cairo	+2 hours
Johannesburg	+2 hours
Istanbul	+3 hours
Moscow	+3 hours
Dubai	+4 hours
Mumbai	+5.5 hours
Hong Kong	+8 hours
Shanghai	+8 hours
Singapore	+8 hours
Tokyo	+9 hours
Sydney	+11 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Bristol

Sunrise: 05:54AM
Sunset: 06:37PM
Day length: 12h 42m
Solar noon: 12:15PM
The current local time in Bristol is 15 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Bristol on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 51.46. Longitude: -2.60
Population: 479,000

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