United Kingdom
Time now in Leicester
Sunday, 23 August 2026
Sunrise 05:59Sunset 08:15Time zone UTC +1
Time zone
Europe/London
UTC offset
UTC +1
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
388,348
Sunrise
05:59
Sunset
08:15
Day length
14h 15m
Coordinates
52.63, -1.13
Time difference from Leicester
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Leicester right now.
Leicester on the map
About the time in Leicester
Leicester sits at latitude 52.63, in the temperate-north band, so day length here swings sharply between midwinter and midsummer — today's 14h 15m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Around 388,348 people live in Leicester, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Leicester 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 Leicester
- Which time zone is Leicester in?
- Leicester uses Europe/London, currently UTC +1.
- When do the sun rise and set in Leicester today?
- Sunrise is at 05:59 and sunset at 08:15, giving 14h 15m of daylight.
- 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 Leicester right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Leicester, updating every second from Europe/London (UTC +1).
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