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Time in Preston, United Kingdom now

04:31:18PM

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Preston switches to daylight saving time at 01:00AM on Sunday, March 29. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 05:53AM ↓ 06:39PM (12h 46m) - More info - Make Preston time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Preston

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 Preston 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 Preston can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Preston 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 Preston

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 Preston

Sunrise: 05:53AM
Sunset: 06:39PM
Day length: 12h 46m
Solar noon: 12:16PM
The current local time in Preston is 16 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Preston on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 53.76. Longitude: -2.70
Population: 313,000

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#1 The Adelphi - British and vegetarian options food
#2 Baluga Bar & Club - Italian and pizza food
#3 La Viva Cafe Restaurant - Mediterranean and turkish food

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