United Kingdom
Time now in Chelsea
Sunrise 05:55Sunset 08:12Time zone UTC +1
Time zone
Europe/London
UTC offset
UTC +1
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
60,000
Sunrise
05:55
Sunset
08:12
Day length
14h 17m
Coordinates
51.49, -0.17
Time difference from Chelsea
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Chelsea right now.
Chelsea on the map
About the time in Chelsea
The zone identifier Europe/London is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Europe/London keeps pointing at London time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Chelsea sits at latitude 51.49, in the temperate-north band, so day length here swings sharply between midwinter and midsummer — today's 14h 17m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Chelsea 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.
Frequently asked questions about time in Chelsea
- When do the sun rise and set in Chelsea today?
- Sunrise is at 05:55 and sunset at 08:12, giving 14h 17m of daylight.
- What time is it in Chelsea right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Chelsea, updating every second from Europe/London (UTC +1).
- 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.
- Which time zone is Chelsea in?
- Chelsea uses Europe/London, currently UTC +1.
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