London to New York Time

London to New York conversion chart

Every full hour of Tuesday, October 13, 2026 in London, and the time in New York. Pick another date in the converter and the chart follows.

Time difference over the year

The gap between London and New York for the next 12 months, with clock changes on both sides taken into account:

• Oct 13, 2026 to Oct 24, 2026: New York is 5 hours behind London
• Oct 25, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026: New York is 4 hours behind London
• Nov 1, 2026 to Mar 13, 2027: New York is 5 hours behind London
• Mar 14, 2027 to Mar 27, 2027: New York is 4 hours behind London
• Mar 28, 2027 to Oct 12, 2027: New York is 5 hours behind London

Daylight saving time in London and New York

London turns the clocks forward from GMT to BST at 1:00 AM on the last Sunday in March and back at 2:00 AM on the last Sunday in October, the dates the UK government publishes. In 2026 the changes fall on March 29 and October 25, in 2027 on March 28 and October 31.

New York turns the clocks forward from EST to EDT at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and back at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November, a schedule set by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. In 2026 the changes fall on March 8 and November 1, in 2027 on March 14 and November 7.

The gap takes 2 values across 2026 and 2027: 5 hours, 4 hours. 5 hours holds on most days; the highlighted rows are the 49 days with another gap, because one side has changed its clocks and the other has not:

Office hours that overlap

With a 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM workday in both cities, this is the shared window for each gap of the year:

• 5 hours apart (GMT with EST, BST with EDT), 337 days of 2026: 3 hours of shared office time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM in London is 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in New York.
• 4 hours apart (GMT with EDT), 28 days of 2026: 4 hours of shared office time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM in London is 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in New York.

Which time zones London and New York use

London is on UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer), which is used in the whole United Kingdom. New York is on Eastern Time (EST in winter, EDT in summer), used in New York, Washington, Miami and Atlanta.

Comparing more than two places? Add as many cities as you need in the time zone converter, or find a slot that works for everyone with the meeting planner. For timestamps from logs or APIs, the Unix timestamp converter turns them into readable dates.

Sources

The clock change rules above come from these pages. The dates, the gap table and the office hours are computed from them and checked against the time zone data at build time.

• GOV.UK: When do the clocks change?
• NIST: Daylight Saving Time rules
• timeanddate.com: clock changes in New York

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Built by Tobias Kurth, designer. Updated October 13, 2026.

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