United Kingdom
Time now in Canterbury
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 05:54Sunset 08:03Time zone UTC +1
Time zone
Europe/London
UTC offset
UTC +1
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
162,416
Sunrise
05:54
Sunset
08:03
Day length
14h 09m
Coordinates
51.28, 1.08
Time difference from Canterbury
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About the time in Canterbury
Sunrise today lands at 05:54 and sunset at 08:03 local time, giving 14h 09m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (51.28, 1.08) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Canterbury.
Canterbury 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.
Canterbury sits at latitude 51.28, in the temperate-north band, so day length here swings sharply between midwinter and midsummer — today's 14h 09m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Frequently asked questions about time in Canterbury
- 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.
- Does Canterbury change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 25 October 2026.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Canterbury?
- Canterbury is UTC +1 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Canterbury right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Canterbury, updating every second from Europe/London (UTC +1).
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