United States
Time now in Scotland
Monday, 24 August 2026
Sunrise 07:01Sunset 08:06Time zone UTC −4
Time zone
America/New_York
UTC offset
UTC −4
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
173
Sunrise
07:01
Sunset
08:06
Day length
13h 04m
Coordinates
32.05, -82.82
Time difference from Scotland
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Scotland right now.
Scotland on the map
About the time in Scotland
Scotland sits at latitude 32.05, in the mid-latitude band, so day length here swings noticeably between midwinter and midsummer — today's 13h 04m is one point on that curve, not a fixed value.
Scotland runs on America/New_York, which puts the city UTC −4 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.
Scotland is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC −4 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 1 November 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Frequently asked questions about time in Scotland
- When do the sun rise and set in Scotland today?
- Sunrise is at 07:01 and sunset at 08:06, giving 13h 04m of daylight.
- What are normal business hours in Scotland in UTC?
- A 09:00–17:00 working day in Scotland runs from 13:00–21:00 UTC today.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Scotland?
- Scotland is UTC −4 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Scotland right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Scotland, updating every second from America/New_York (UTC −4).
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