Time in Edinburgh
Edinburgh: UK time (BST, UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer). Daylight saving applies.
Edinburgh keeps UK time. A mid-June morning starts near 4:27 a.m.; the live reading is BST, UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer.
Edinburgh changes on the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October (EU/UK dates).
When it is noon in Edinburgh it is 7 a.m. in New York all year.
Edinburgh is about 13 minutes of solar time west of the UK time meridian. Winter sunrises run later than in towns farther east that share the same offset.
In mid-January the sun rises about 34 minutes later here than in London.
Sunrise and sunset in Edinburgh
A typical mid-January day in Edinburgh has sunrise around 8:35 a.m. and sunset around 4:10 p.m. (7 h 35 m of daylight). Mid-June stretches to about 4:27 a.m.–10:01 p.m. (17 h 33 m).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8:35 a.m. | 4:10 p.m. | 7 h 35 m |
| February | 7:40 a.m. | 5:15 p.m. | 9 h 34 m |
| March | 6:31 a.m. | 6:14 p.m. | 11 h 44 m |
| April | 6:10 a.m. | 8:17 p.m. | 14 h 08 m |
| May | 5:02 a.m. | 9:18 p.m. | 16 h 15 m |
| June | 4:27 a.m. | 10:01 p.m. | 17 h 33 m |
| July | 4:47 a.m. | 9:51 p.m. | 17 h 03 m |
| August | 5:43 a.m. | 8:53 p.m. | 15 h 10 m |
| September | 6:44 a.m. | 7:34 p.m. | 12 h 51 m |
| October | 7:43 a.m. | 6:16 p.m. | 10 h 33 m |
| November | 7:48 a.m. | 4:08 p.m. | 8 h 20 m |
| December | 8:38 a.m. | 3:39 p.m. | 7 h 01 m |
Mid-month local times for 2026. Hills, weather, and the exact street change what you see by a few minutes.
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