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Live local time
Folkestone, Regno Unito
04:14:56 AMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Europe/London
Ora locale attuale
04:14:56 AM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Fuso orario
BST
Europe/London · UTC+01:00
Prossima festività
Early May Bank Holiday
lunedì 4 maggio 2026 · Public
Sovrapposizione lavorativa ora
0 / 7
Reference markets are overlapping with Folkestone right now
Aeroporto più vicino
LGW
London Gatwick Airport · 95 km
Aeroporti indicizzati
15
Curated airport references available for Regno Unito
Snapshot at render time: 04:14:56 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Folkestone (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 6°C · Humidity 65% · Wind 27 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
lunedì 4 maggio 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Folkestone local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
66.4K
Coordinates
51.08, 1.17
Timezone
Europe/London
Aeroporti indicizzati
15
Capital
London
Languages
English
Currency
GBP (£)
Country area
244,376 km²
Read time for Folkestone from the Europe/London zone (BST, UTC+01:00); the city carries roughly 66.4K residents and ranks #173 among curated Regno Unito entries.
Geographically, Folkestone is at 51.08°N, 1.17°E — that places it in the Northern Hemisphere's high mid-latitudes, about 5670 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 Folkestone — about 14h 42m of daylight. Regno Unito observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Dover (11 km from Folkestone) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 15 curated airport pages indexed for Regno Unito.
On 2026-05-04, Early May Bank Holiday is the next holiday flag for Folkestone — 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 Folkestone.
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| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 11:14 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 08:14 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 07:14 AM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 11:14 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 12:14 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 01:14 PM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 12:14 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Folkestone si trova nel fuso orario Europe/London (BST), con uno scostamento UTC di +01:00.
Sì, Folkestone sta attualmente osservando l'ora legale (DST).
Lo scostamento UTC attuale per Folkestone è UTC+01:00.
Folkestone sits at 51.08°N, 1.17°E in Regno Unito, with about 66.4K residents (rank #173 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Folkestone is London, about 102 km away as the crow flies.
Dover is the closest indexed city, roughly 11 km from Folkestone.
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) is the closest curated airport reference, about 95 km from Folkestone.
Early May Bank Holiday is the next upcoming holiday in Regno Unito, on lunedì 4 maggio 2026.
Folkestone works as a working anchor for Regno Unito time questions; the rest of the page leans on coordinates, holidays, and overlaps unique to this city.
From Folkestone the nearest of our reference hubs are London (~102 km), Dubai (~5,376 km), New York (~5,671 km), while Sydney sits about 16,937 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Folkestone sits inside Regno Unito — the Northern Europe subregion, capital London, languages English, currency GBP (£).
Dover (11 km), Ashford (22 km), Deal (23 km), Canterbury (23 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Folkestone — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Folkestone: Early May Bank Holiday, Spring Bank Holiday, World Cup Bank Holiday. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Regno Unito.
Closest curated airport references from Folkestone: LGW London (95 km), STN London, Essex (110 km), LHR London (121 km).
British Summer Time transitions, bank holidays, and late-year seasonal closures all matter to real scheduling.
London Gatwick AirportLGW
London · 95 km from Folkestone
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 52m
London Stansted AirportSTN
London, Essex · 110 km from Folkestone
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 53m
London Heathrow AirportLHR
London · 121 km from Folkestone
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 54m
London Luton AirportLTN
Luton, Luton · 138 km from Folkestone
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 56m
Birmingham AirportBHX
Birmingham, West Midlands · 252 km from Folkestone
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
Exchange snapshot
1 GBP = 1.15 EUR · 1 GBP = 1.35 USD
As of 2026-04-28
On this day
No historical event snapshot is currently available for this date.
Coordination pulse
0 of 7 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
