United Kingdom
Time now in Bedford
Sunrise 05:55Sunset 08:15Time zone UTC +1
Time zone
Europe/London
UTC offset
UTC +1
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
106,940
Sunrise
05:55
Sunset
08:15
Day length
14h 20m
Coordinates
52.13, -0.47
Time difference from Bedford
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About the time in Bedford
Sunrise today lands at 05:55 and sunset at 08:15 local time, giving 14h 20m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (52.13, -0.47) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Bedford.
Bedford runs on Europe/London, which puts the city UTC +1 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Around 106,940 people live in Bedford, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Frequently asked questions about time in Bedford
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Europe/London, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Bedford right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Bedford, updating every second from Europe/London (UTC +1).
- When do the sun rise and set in Bedford today?
- Sunrise is at 05:55 and sunset at 08:15, giving 14h 20m of daylight.
- Which time zone is Bedford in?
- Bedford uses Europe/London, currently UTC +1.
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