Time difference: Chennai vs London

Quick answer

London is 4.5 hours behind Chennai.

Chennai is in the IST time zone (UTC+05:30) while London uses BST (UTC+01:00).

The offset between these two cities changes during the year because they do not share the same daylight saving schedule.

Chennai
20:32:31
IST UTC+05:30
-4.5h
London is 4.5 hours behind Chennai.
Time offset changes during the year due to different DST schedules.
London
16:02:31
BST UTC+01:00

London is 4.5 hours behind Chennai.

Chennai is in the IST time zone (UTC+05:30) while London uses BST (UTC+01:00).

Because Chennai and London do not share the same daylight saving schedule, the time difference between them changes during the year.

Hour-by-hour conversion

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

Chennai London
00:00 19:30 -1
01:00 20:30 -1
02:00 21:30 -1
03:00 22:30 -1
04:00 23:30 -1
05:00 00:30
06:00 01:30
07:00 02:30
08:00 03:30
09:00 04:30
10:00 05:30
11:00 06:30
12:00 07:30
13:00 08:30
14:00 09:30
15:00 10:30
16:00 11:30
17:00 12:30
18:00 13:30
19:00 14:30
20:00 15:30
21:00 16:30
22:00 17:30
23:00 18:30

Frequently Asked Questions

London is 4.5 hours behind Chennai.

A good window is 13:30–17:00 in Chennai, which is 09:00–12:30 in London. Both sides are inside 9:00–17:00 working hours.

London is 4.5 hours behind Chennai.

Chennai and London do not share the same DST schedule, so the time offset between them changes by an hour during parts of the year.

Chennai uses Asia/Kolkata and London uses Europe/London. These are the identifiers used by operating systems and APIs to compute local time.

A good reverse window is 09:00–12:30 in London, which is 13:30–17:00 in Chennai. Both sides are inside 9:00–17:00 working hours.