United Kingdom
Time now in Birmingham
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 06:01Sunset 08:19Time zone UTC +1
Time zone
Europe/London
UTC offset
UTC +1
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
1,157,603
Sunrise
06:01
Sunset
08:19
Day length
14h 18m
Coordinates
52.48, -1.90
Time difference from Birmingham
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Birmingham right now.
Birmingham on the map
About the time in Birmingham
Birmingham 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.
Birmingham is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC +1 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 25 October 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Birmingham day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 08:00–16:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Frequently asked questions about time in Birmingham
- 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 Birmingham right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Birmingham, updating every second from Europe/London (UTC +1).
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Birmingham?
- Birmingham is UTC +1 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Birmingham in?
- Birmingham uses Europe/London, currently UTC +1.
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