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Dover, Royaume-Uni
01:52:42 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Europe/London

Dover lorry deaths
Illegal immigration incident resulting in the deaths of 58 people
Heure locale actuelle
01:52:42 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuseau horaire
BST
Europe/London · UTC+01:00
Prochain jour férié
Early May Bank Holiday
lundi 4 mai 2026 · Public
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
0 / 7
Reference markets are overlapping with Dover right now
Aéroport le plus proche
LGW
London Gatwick Airport · 105 km
Aéroports indexés
15
Curated airport references available for Royaume-Uni
Snapshot at render time: 01:52:42 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Dover (UTC+01:00, BST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
11°C, Clear sky
Feels like 7°C · Humidity 75% · Wind 26 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:31 AM to 08:13 PM
Day length 14h 42m · Solar noon 12:52 PM
Next country holiday
Early May Bank Holiday
lundi 4 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Dover local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
41.7K
Coordinates
51.13, 1.31
Timezone
Europe/London
Aéroports indexés
15
Capital
London
Languages
English
Currency
GBP (£)
Country area
244,376 km²
Local time in Dover runs on the BST, UTC+01:00 clock; with roughly 41.7K residents the city (rank #307 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Royaume-Uni.
Geographically, Dover is at 51.13°N, 1.31°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's high mid-latitudes, about 5675 km from the equator, with long summer evenings and short winter afternoons.
Today the sun rises around 05:31 AM and sets around 08:13 PM in Dover — about 14h 42m of daylight. Royaume-Uni observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Folkestone (11 km from Dover) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 15 curated airport pages indexed for Royaume-Uni.
On 2026-05-04, Early May Bank Holiday is the next holiday flag for Dover — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
BST
IANA Zone
Europe/London
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Observing DST
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+01:00
Algeria, Tunisia, Isle of Man, Ireland, United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, Central African Republic
Other cities in this timezone
New York
-5h
Los Angeles
-8h
Dubai
+3h
Singapore
+7h
Tokyo
+8h
Sydney
+9h
São Paulo
-4h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Dover.
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On 18 June 2000, just before midnight, 58 dead bodies were found in a lorry in the port town of Dover, United Kingdom. Two people were found alive but injured and taken to hospital.
From Dover the nearest of our reference hubs are London (~109 km), Dubai (~5,367 km), New York (~5,679 km), while Sydney sits about 16,925 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Dover sits inside Royaume-Uni — the Northern Europe subregion, capital London, languages English, currency GBP (£).
Folkestone (11 km), Deal (13 km), Canterbury (24 km), Ramsgate (24 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Dover — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Dover: Early May Bank Holiday, Spring Bank Holiday, World Cup Bank Holiday. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Royaume-Uni.
Closest curated airport references from Dover: LGW London (105 km), STN London, Essex (113 km), LHR London (129 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
British Summer Time transitions, bank holidays, and late-year seasonal closures all matter to real scheduling.
London Gatwick AirportLGW
London · 105 km from Dover
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 53m
London Stansted AirportSTN
London, Essex · 113 km from Dover
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 54m
London Heathrow AirportLHR
London · 129 km from Dover
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 55m
London Luton AirportLTN
Luton, Luton · 143 km from Dover
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 56m
Birmingham AirportBHX
Birmingham, West Midlands · 257 km from Dover
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 5m
Exchange snapshot
1 GBP = 1.15 EUR · 1 GBP = 1.35 USD
As of 2026-04-28
On this day
2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
2013: A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
Coordination pulse
0 of 7 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 08:52 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 05:52 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 04:52 AM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 08:52 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 09:52 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 10:52 AM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 09:52 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Folkestone
Royaume-Uni
Approx. 11 km away
Deal
Royaume-Uni
Approx. 13 km away
Canterbury
Royaume-Uni
Approx. 24 km away
Ramsgate
Royaume-Uni
Approx. 24 km away
Broadstairs
Royaume-Uni
Approx. 27 km away
Saint Peters
Royaume-Uni
Approx. 28 km away
Margate
Royaume-Uni
Approx. 29 km away
Herne Bay
Royaume-Uni
Approx. 30 km away
Dover est dans le fuseau horaire Europe/London (BST), avec un décalage UTC de +01:00.
Oui, Dover observe actuellement l'heure d'été (DST).
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Dover est UTC+01:00.
Dover sits at 51.13°N, 1.31°E in Royaume-Uni, with about 41.7K residents (rank #307 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Dover is London, about 109 km away as the crow flies.
Folkestone is the closest indexed city, roughly 11 km from Dover.
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) is the closest curated airport reference, about 105 km from Dover.
Early May Bank Holiday is the next upcoming holiday in Royaume-Uni, on lundi 4 mai 2026.