Current time in Bristol, United Kingdom

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC+00:00 in winter, UTC+01:00 in summer.

Current time in Bristol, United Kingdom
15:48 24
Tuesday, June 30, 2026 BST UTC+01:00 DST in effect
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
IANA time zone
Europe/London
Daylight saving
DST in effect
GMT / BST
Next DST change
October 25
backward -1h
Quick answer

The current local time in Bristol, United Kingdom is ⁦15:48⁩ (⁦BST⁩), which is ⁦UTC+01:00⁩.

Bristol is in United Kingdom, located at 51.455, -2.597.

The current time zone for Bristol is BST, whose offset is UTC+01:00 from UTC. The IANA identifier is Europe/London.

The next daylight saving transition is October 25, 2026, when clocks move backward by 1 hour.

Timezone in Bristol

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

IANA time zone: Europe/London
During winter
GMT
Greenwich Mean Time
UTC+00:00
Currently active
BST
British Summer Time
UTC+01:00

Daylight in Bristol today

View full sunrise & sunset page
Sunrise
Sunset
Day length
16h 34m

Bristol, United Kingdom

Country
United Kingdom
ISO code
GB
Coordinates
51.4552° N, 2.5966° W
IANA zone
Europe/London
Population
479,024
Local time 15:48

Bristol on the map · time zone

Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Local time 15:48
  • UTC offset UTC+01:00
  • Time zone Europe/London
  • Status Daylight saving
Coordinates
51.46°, -2.60°

World clock

Compared with Bristol

New York
10:48
-5h
Mexico City
08:48
-7h
São Paulo
11:48
-4h
London
15:48
0h
Paris
16:48
+1h
Berlin
16:48
+1h
Dubai
18:48
+3h
Mumbai
20:18
+4.5h
Singapore
22:48
+7h
Shanghai
22:48
+7h
Tokyo
23:48
+8h
Sydney
00:48
+9h
Los Angeles
07:48
-8h

Daylight saving time in Bristol

Clocks shift twice a year — UTC+00:00 in winter, UTC+01:00 in summer.

Next DST change October 25, 2026
Direction backward
Amount 1h

DST schedule — recent & upcoming years

Spring-forward and fall-back dates in Bristol.

  • 2025
    DST start (spring forward) Mar 30, 2025,
    DST end (fall back) Oct 26, 2025,
  • 2026
    DST start (spring forward) Mar 29, 2026,
    DST end (fall back) Oct 25, 2026,
  • 2027
    DST start (spring forward) Mar 28, 2027,
    DST end (fall back) Oct 31, 2027,
  • 2028
    DST start (spring forward) Mar 26, 2028,
    DST end (fall back) Oct 29, 2028,
Year DST start (spring forward) DST end (fall back)
2025 Mar 30, 2025, Oct 26, 2025,
2026 Mar 29, 2026, Oct 25, 2026,
2027 Mar 28, 2027, Oct 31, 2027,
2028 Mar 26, 2028, Oct 29, 2028,

Hour-by-hour conversion

When it's the given hour in Bristol, here are the local times elsewhere.

Bristol New YorkMexico CitySão PauloLondonParisBerlinDubaiMumbai
00:00 19:00 -1 17:00 -1 20:00 -1 00:00 01:00 01:00 03:00 04:30
01:00 20:00 -1 18:00 -1 21:00 -1 01:00 02:00 02:00 04:00 05:30
02:00 21:00 -1 19:00 -1 22:00 -1 02:00 03:00 03:00 05:00 06:30
03:00 22:00 -1 20:00 -1 23:00 -1 03:00 04:00 04:00 06:00 07:30
04:00 23:00 -1 21:00 -1 00:00 04:00 05:00 05:00 07:00 08:30
05:00 00:00 22:00 -1 01:00 05:00 06:00 06:00 08:00 09:30
06:00 01:00 23:00 -1 02:00 06:00 07:00 07:00 09:00 10:30
07:00 02:00 00:00 03:00 07:00 08:00 08:00 10:00 11:30
08:00 03:00 01:00 04:00 08:00 09:00 09:00 11:00 12:30
09:00 04:00 02:00 05:00 09:00 10:00 10:00 12:00 13:30
10:00 05:00 03:00 06:00 10:00 11:00 11:00 13:00 14:30
11:00 06:00 04:00 07:00 11:00 12:00 12:00 14:00 15:30
12:00 07:00 05:00 08:00 12:00 13:00 13:00 15:00 16:30
13:00 08:00 06:00 09:00 13:00 14:00 14:00 16:00 17:30
14:00 09:00 07:00 10:00 14:00 15:00 15:00 17:00 18:30
15:00 10:00 08:00 11:00 15:00 16:00 16:00 18:00 19:30
16:00 11:00 09:00 12:00 16:00 17:00 17:00 19:00 20:30
17:00 12:00 10:00 13:00 17:00 18:00 18:00 20:00 21:30
18:00 13:00 11:00 14:00 18:00 19:00 19:00 21:00 22:30
19:00 14:00 12:00 15:00 19:00 20:00 20:00 22:00 23:30
20:00 15:00 13:00 16:00 20:00 21:00 21:00 23:00 00:30 +1
21:00 16:00 14:00 17:00 21:00 22:00 22:00 00:00 +1 01:30 +1
22:00 17:00 15:00 18:00 22:00 23:00 23:00 01:00 +1 02:30 +1
23:00 18:00 16:00 19:00 23:00 00:00 +1 00:00 +1 02:00 +1 03:30 +1

Frequently Asked Questions

The current local time in Bristol, United Kingdom is 15:48 (BST). Bristol uses the Europe/London time zone, which is UTC+01:00.

Bristol uses GMT (UTC+00:00) in winter and switches to BST (UTC+01:00) during daylight saving time. The IANA identifier is Europe/London.

Yes. The next daylight saving transition in Bristol is on October 25, 2026. Clocks will move backward by 1 hour.

The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Bristol is Europe/London. This is the identifier used by operating systems, programming languages, and APIs to look up the correct local time.

It is currently PM in Bristol. The local time is 15:48 (BST).

Bristol is UTC+00:00 from UTC during standard time and UTC+01:00 during daylight saving time. It is currently UTC+01:00.

The next daylight saving transition in Bristol is on October 25, 2026. Clocks move backward by 1 hour at 01:00 local time.

Bristol is currently 5 hours ahead of New York.