Current time in Fort William, United Kingdom

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

Current time in Fort William, United Kingdom
12:14 12
Tuesday, June 16, 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 Fort William, United Kingdom is ⁦12:14⁩ (⁦BST⁩), which is ⁦UTC+01:00⁩.

Fort William is in United Kingdom, located at 56.816, -5.112.

The current time zone for Fort William 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 Fort William

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 Fort William today

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Sunrise
Sunset
Day length
17h 48m

Fort William, United Kingdom

Country
United Kingdom
ISO code
GB
Coordinates
56.8165° N, 5.1121° W
IANA zone
Europe/London
Population
15,757
Local time12:14

Fort William on the map · time zone

Fort William, United Kingdom

  • Local time12:14
  • UTC offsetUTC+01:00
  • Time zoneEurope/London
  • StatusDaylight saving
Coordinates
56.82°, -5.11°

World clock

Compared with Fort William

New York
07:14
-5h
Mexico City
05:14
-7h
São Paulo
08:14
-4h
London
12:14
0h
Paris
13:14
+1h
Berlin
13:14
+1h
Dubai
15:14
+3h
Mumbai
16:44
+4.5h
Singapore
19:14
+7h
Shanghai
19:14
+7h
Tokyo
20:14
+8h
Sydney
21:14
+9h
Los Angeles
04:14
-8h

Daylight saving time in Fort William

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 Fort William.

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

Hour-by-hour conversion

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

Fort William 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 Fort William, United Kingdom is 12:14 (BST). Fort William uses the Europe/London time zone, which is UTC+01:00.

Fort William 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 Fort William is on October 25, 2026. Clocks will move backward by 1 hour.

The IANA / Olson time zone database identifier for Fort William 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 Fort William. The local time is 12:14 (BST).

Fort William 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 Fort William is on October 25, 2026. Clocks move backward by 1 hour at 01:00 local time.

Fort William is currently 5 hours ahead of New York.