Indexed entity
Birmingham is the birmingham-GB record in United Kingdom: country slug united-kingdom, city slug birmingham, ISO GB, continent Europe, canonical IANA zone Europe/London.
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Live local time
Birmingham, United Kingdom
11:46:59 AMTuesday, June 2, 2026 · Europe/London
Quick answer
It is currently 11:46:59 AM (BST, UTC+01:00) in Birmingham, United Kingdom — Business hours.
Pronunciation
Updated 8 days ago
Right now
19°C
Clear
3-day forecast
Tue
34°C
20°C
73% rain
Wed
20°C
13°C
Thu
25°C
9°C
26% rain
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Mon, Dec 28, 2026
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PublicUpdated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
British Pound
1 USD = 0.7453 GBP
Quick conversions
Today
Sunrise
04:49 AM
Sunset
09:21 PM
Day length
16h 31m
Golden hour
Blue hour
Civil twilight (–6°)
Nautical twilight (–12°)
Astronomical twilight (–18°)
Computed from latitude, longitude and date using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.
Reviewed by WorldClockTools editorial · Updated
Content reviewed Apr 30, 2026. City facts are content-reviewed separately from the live clock and from the generated city datasets. The current-time, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots for Birmingham, not permanent claims; verify legal, travel, market, or compliance decisions with official local sources.
Live values rendered at Jun 2, 10:46 AM UTC.
Current local time
11:46:59 AM
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Time zone
BST
Europe/London · UTC+01:00
Next holiday
World Cup Bank Holiday
Monday, June 15, 2026 · Public
Business overlap now
1 / 7
Reference markets are overlapping with Birmingham right now
Nearest airport
BHX
Birmingham Airport · 11 km
Indexed airports
15
Curated airport references available for United Kingdom
Coordination board
A compact checklist for calls, launches, travel handoffs, and date-sensitive work tied to Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Snapshot Jun 2, 2026 · 11:46 GMT+1
1 reference city is overlapping now
Birmingham is currently inside the simple 09:00-17:00 local planning window.
Local status
In window
Offset now
UTC+01:00
Zone label
GMT+1
Dubai
02:46 PM / +3h
Schedule risk
World Cup Bank Holiday on Monday, June 15, 2026
Travel cue
BHX Birmingham, West Midlands, 11 km
Daylight cue
Today's daylight window is 04:49 AM to 09:21 PM, with solar noon around 01:05 PM and total daylight of 16h 32m.
Mapped location
52.48°N, 1.90°W
Use these reference hubs as a first-pass call plan before opening a full meeting planner.
New York
06:46 AM / -5h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Los Angeles
03:46 AM / -8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Dubai
02:46 PM / +3h
Good live-call window with Birmingham right now.
Singapore
06:46 PM / +7h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Tokyo
07:46 PM / +8h
Use as a follow-up or async handoff, not an immediate-call default.
Good for travel-day timing, hotel check-ins, and same-day arrival calls around Birmingham.
BHX · Birmingham Airport
Birmingham, West Midlands
EMA · East Midlands Airport
Nottingham, Leicestershire
MAN · Manchester Airport
Manchester, Greater Manchester
LPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool
Lock the timezone, not the offset
Use Europe/London for future-dated events. Current offset is UTC+01:00; seasonal offset, UTC+00:00 in January and UTC+01:00 in July.
Pick a live coordination window
Start with Dubai because they overlap with Birmingham right now.
Check local interruptions
World Cup Bank Holiday on Monday, June 15, 2026. Nearest curated airport reference: BHX Birmingham, West Midlands, 11 km.
Guard against stale assumptions
Next detected clock change: October 25, 2026, moving back from 2026-10-25 01:59 (GMT+1) to 2026-10-25 01:00 (GMT).
Watch the DST and holiday edge cases
Birmingham has a detected clock-change edge. Re-check recurring meetings within two weeks of October 25, 2026, especially if the other city does not change clocks on the same weekend.
These values are planning context from the live clock, IANA timezone rules, curated city and airport records, and holiday calendars when available. Confirm official office, aviation, market, legal, or compliance decisions with the relevant source.
Local planning context
Route, catalog identity, coordinates, population record, timezone snapshot, nearby cities, and travel anchors for Birmingham.
Canonical route
/time/united-kingdom/birmingham/
Catalog identity
birmingham-GB · GB · Europe
Coordinate cell
52.48°N, 1.90°W · lat 52.481 · lon -1.900 · cell 5248:-190
Population record
1,157,603 residents · country rank 2
Zone snapshot
Europe/London · GMT+1 · UTC+01:00
January / July offsets
UTC+00:00 / UTC+01:00
Nearest indexed neighbor
Manchester, United Kingdom · 113 km
Nearest world hub
London · 163 km
Closest airport references
BHX Birmingham, West Midlands 11 km · EMA Nottingham, Leicestershire 55 km · MAN Manchester, Greater Manchester 100 km · LPL Liverpool 114 km
Zone peer roster
London, United Kingdom · Glasgow, United Kingdom · Manchester, United Kingdom
The page below keeps the timezone answer attached to the real local record for Birmingham: country facts, coordinate bands, nearby-city distances, airport references, and current calendar signals.
Birmingham is the birmingham-GB record in United Kingdom: country slug united-kingdom, city slug birmingham, ISO GB, continent Europe, canonical IANA zone Europe/London.
52.48°N, 1.90°W; Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere; rounded latitude band 52 and longitude band -2; exact decimal pair 52.48142, -1.89983.
United Kingdom: official name United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; capital London; region Europe; subregion Northern Europe; country population 69,281,437; area 244,376 km²; languages English; currencies GBP British pound. This is the country layer behind the Birmingham clock, not a generic timezone-only record.
United Kingdom: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with a population of over 69 million in 2024. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering 94,354 square miles (244,376 km2). It shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland and is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea, while maintaining sovereignty over the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. The capital and largest city of England and the UK is London; Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast are the national capitals of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, respectively. Source: Wikipedia.
Manchester [manchester-GB, GB, Europe/London, 113 km]; London [london-GB, GB, Europe/London, 163 km]; Douglas [douglas-IM, IM, Europe/Isle_of_Man, 253 km]; Dublin [dublin-IE, IE, Europe/Dublin, 307 km]; South Dublin [south-dublin-IE, IE, Europe/Dublin, 311 km]; Saint Peter Port [saint-peter-port-GG, GG, Europe/Guernsey, 339 km]; Saint Helier [saint-helier-JE, JE, Europe/Jersey, 366 km]; Glasgow [glasgow-GB, GB, Europe/London, 406 km]
Birmingham is part of this indexed country cluster: London [london-GB, Europe/London, pop 8,961,989]; Birmingham [birmingham-GB, Europe/London, pop 1,157,603]; Glasgow [glasgow-GB, Europe/London, pop 626,410]; Manchester [manchester-GB, Europe/London, pop 568,996].
London 163 km; New York 5,422 km; Dubai 5,612 km; Los Angeles 8,593 km; São Paulo 9,499 km; Tokyo 9,528 km; Singapore 10,943 km; Sydney 17,041 km
BHX Birmingham Airport in Birmingham, West Midlands [GB, 11 km]; EMA East Midlands Airport in Nottingham, Leicestershire [GB, 55 km]; MAN Manchester Airport in Manchester, Greater Manchester [GB, 100 km]; LPL Liverpool John Lennon Airport in Liverpool [GB, 114 km]; LTN London Luton Airport in Luton, Luton [GB, 124 km]
Country-level airport pages linked from this city context include BFS Belfast International Airport in Belfast [GB]; BHX Birmingham Airport in Birmingham, West Midlands [GB]; BRS Bristol Airport in Bristol [GB]; CWL Cardiff International Airport in Cardiff [GB]; EDI Edinburgh Airport in Edinburgh [GB]; EMA East Midlands Airport in Nottingham, Leicestershire [GB]; GLA Glasgow Airport in Glasgow [GB]; LBA Leeds Bradford Airport in Leeds, West Yorkshire [GB]; LGW London Gatwick Airport in London [GB]; LHR London Heathrow Airport in London [GB].
Birmingham renders Jun 2, 2026 · 11:46 GMT+1; GMT+1 at UTC+01:00; January UTC+00:00; July UTC+01:00; next holiday World Cup Bank Holiday on 2026-06-15.
This evidence pack keeps the manual city dossier tied to the concrete route, coordinate, population, timezone, neighbor, airport, holiday, and source signals currently available for Birmingham.
Birmingham is a manual-dossier city; rank #2 of 4 retained United Kingdom city pages. The route is /time/united-kingdom/birmingham/ and the city id is birmingham-GB.
Birmingham has 16 of 17 factual signals available on this render. Missing long-form editorial is not treated as missing time data when route, zone, coordinates, country, nearby-city, and planning signals are present.
Birmingham is pinned at 52.48°N, 1.90°W; Manchester (113 km); London (163 km).
Europe/London resolves to seasonal offset split: UTC+00:00 in January and UTC+01:00 in July. 3 retained city pages share this zone; 0 same-zone anchors are outside United Kingdom.
BHX Birmingham Airport (11 km) · World Cup Bank Holiday (Monday, June 15, 2026) · 15 country airport references · 14 holidays in the current country-year snapshot.
Birmingham uses IANA timezone math, curated GeoNames-derived city records, a city reference summary, a country reference summary, OurAirports links where mapped, Nager.Date holiday rows where available, and local solar/weather snapshots where coordinates are present.
These notes are pulled from the city-context and reference-summary snapshots, so same-timezone cities do not rely only on shared UTC offset text.
Birmingham: Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands region, in England. It is the largest local authority district in England by population and the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of 1.2 million people in the city proper in 2024. Birmingham borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The royal town of Sutton Coldfield is incorporated within the city limits to the northeast. Birmingham's urban area has a population of 2.7 million and its wider metropolitan area has a population of 4.3 million.
Observes daylight saving time. Civil clocks shift forward by one hour during the local summer, swinging between standard UTC+00:00 and summer UTC+01:00. Transitions follow the IANA zone Europe/London.
Birmingham is listed in the dataset snapshot as 1 hour ahead of UTC (offset +01:00). On the same clock as London, 8 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude -1.90°, Birmingham's mean solar noon falls about 1 hour 8 minutes after civil 12:00 under the sampled +01:00 civil offset; during the alternate seasonal offset this shifts by about one hour on the clock — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Birmingham sits at 52.48°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 16 hours 35 minutes on the June solstice and about 7 hours 25 minutes on the December solstice.
Birmingham sits at 52.48°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 16 hours 35 minutes on the June solstice and about 7 hours 25 minutes on the December solstice.
Computed from the city coordinates using the NOAA solar position model across 2026. These values are mechanical and identical for every year-relative render, so two cities at different latitudes always produce distinct numbers.
Longest day
Jun 20 (16h 50m)
Shortest day
Dec 20 (7h 39m)
Year-round average
12h 17m
Annual swing
9h 11m
See the full daylight curve for Birmingham at /sun/birmingham/.
Each row projects a hub's 09:00-17:00 local working day into Birmingham local time so a glance reveals when each market is reachable from this city.
| Hub | IANA zone | Window in Birmingham |
|---|---|---|
| New York | America/New_York | 14:00 - 22:00 |
| Frankfurt | Europe/Berlin | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Dubai | Asia/Dubai | 06:00 - 14:00 |
| Mumbai | Asia/Kolkata | 04:30 - 12:30 |
| Singapore | Asia/Singapore | 02:00 - 10:00 |
| Hong Kong | Asia/Hong_Kong | 02:00 - 10:00 |
| Tokyo | Asia/Tokyo | 01:00 - 09:00 |
Public holidays in 2026
14
Birmingham is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom by population, with about 1.15 million residents in the city and roughly 4.3 million in the wider West Midlands metropolitan area in central England. Civil time is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0) in winter and British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1) from the last Sunday of March to the last Sunday of October. A leading centre of the Industrial Revolution, Birmingham earned the nickname City of a Thousand Trades for its diverse manufacturing, and it remains a major commercial, financial, and cultural hub. The city is known for its extensive canal network, which exceeds that of Venice in length, and it hosted the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-20 (manual).
Reference fields include Birmingham's city id, coordinates, timezone, country profile, nearby cities, airport links, holidays, weather, and related event/market context.
Snapshot at render time: 11:46:59 AM on Tuesday, June 2, 2026 in Birmingham (UTC+01:00, BST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
Sunrise and sunset
04:49 AM to 09:21 PM
Day length 16h 32m · Solar noon 01:05 PM
Next country holiday
World Cup Bank Holiday
Monday, June 15, 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Birmingham local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Mobile World Congress 2027
keynoteMonday, March 1, 2027
272 days to go
Xbox Games Showcase 2026
keynoteSunday, June 7, 2026
5 days to go
Code with Claude Tokyo 2026
keynoteWednesday, June 10, 2026
8 days to go
ICML 2026
keynoteMonday, July 6, 2026
34 days to go
Gamescom 2026
keynoteWednesday, August 26, 2026
85 days to go
IFA Berlin 2026
keynoteFriday, September 4, 2026
94 days to go
Population
1.2M
Coordinates
52.48, -1.90
Timezone
Europe/London
Indexed airports
15
Capital
London
Languages
English
Currency
GBP (£)
Country area
244,376 km²
Birmingham, United Kingdom (population rank #2 in this dataset). Time zone: Europe/London (BST, UTC+01:00); population ~1.2M.
Coordinates: 52.48°N, 1.90°W. Northern Hemisphere high mid-latitudes, ~5825 km from the equator.
Today the sun rises around 04:49 AM and sets around 09:21 PM in Birmingham — about 16h 32m of daylight. United Kingdom observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Manchester (113 km from Birmingham) gives this page its nearest mapped city context, with 15 curated airport pages indexed for United Kingdom.
Next national holiday: World Cup Bank Holiday, 2026-06-15.
Birmingham is indexed as a Europe city in the GB country record, using Europe/London as its canonical IANA timezone. The canonical route for this city is /time/united-kingdom/birmingham/.
Location context: 52.48°N, 1.90°W; population 1,157,603; nearest indexed city Manchester is about 113 km away; closest reference hub is London, about 163 km away.
Country planning context: capital London; subregion Northern Europe; languages English; currency GBP (£); area 244,376 km²; 15 curated airport references; next holiday World Cup Bank Holiday on 2026-06-15.
Observes daylight saving time. Civil clocks shift forward by one hour during the local summer, swinging between standard UTC+00:00 and summer UTC+01:00. Transitions follow the IANA zone Europe/London.
Birmingham is listed in the dataset snapshot as 1 hour ahead of UTC (offset +01:00). On the same clock as London, 8 hours behind Tokyo.
Geographically at longitude -1.90°, Birmingham's mean solar noon falls about 1 hour 8 minutes after civil 12:00 under the sampled +01:00 civil offset; during the alternate seasonal offset this shifts by about one hour on the clock — local sunrise and sunset run later on the clock than they would on true solar time.
Birmingham sits at 52.48°N in the northern hemisphere — daylight runs roughly 16 hours 35 minutes on the June solstice and about 7 hours 25 minutes on the December solstice.
Major metropolitan area with around 1.2 million residents in the city proper.
Related clock anchors for Birmingham: London (same time), Sydney (+9h), Tokyo (+8h), Berlin (+1h), Moscow (+2h).
Cross-link to the most-searched comparison pages so you can plan calls and travel between cities.
united-kingdom
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Timezone
BST
IANA Zone
Europe/London
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Observing DST
Week Number
Week 23
Day of Year
Day 153
Days Remaining
212
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 Birmingham.
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City time, coordinate and population facts on this page are derived from the following authoritative datasets.
Distances from Birmingham: closest hubs London (~163 km), New York (~5,422 km), Dubai (~5,612 km); farthest indexed hub Sydney (~17,041 km).
Birmingham sits inside United Kingdom — the Northern Europe subregion, capital London, languages English, currency GBP (£).
Closest indexed cities to Birmingham: Manchester (113 km), London (163 km), Douglas (253 km), Dublin (307 km).
Upcoming country holiday signals around Birmingham: World Cup Bank Holiday, Battle of the Boyne, Summer Bank Holiday. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for United Kingdom.
Closest curated airport references from Birmingham: BHX Birmingham, West Midlands (11 km), EMA Nottingham, Leicestershire (55 km), MAN Manchester, Greater Manchester (100 km).
UK pages work best when they frame London as a bridge market between North America, Europe, the Gulf, and India.
Birmingham AirportBHX
Birmingham, West Midlands · 11 km from Birmingham
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
East Midlands AirportEMA
Nottingham, Leicestershire · 55 km from Birmingham
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 49m
Manchester AirportMAN
Manchester, Greater Manchester · 100 km from Birmingham
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 53m
Liverpool John Lennon AirportLPL
Liverpool · 114 km from Birmingham
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 54m
London Luton AirportLTN
Luton, Luton · 124 km from Birmingham
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 55m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
Coordination pulse
1 of 7 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 06:46 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:46 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:46 PM | +3h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:46 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:46 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:46 PM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:46 AM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Manchester
United Kingdom
Approx. 113 km away
London
United Kingdom
Approx. 163 km away
Douglas
Isle of Man
Approx. 253 km away
Dublin
Ireland
Approx. 307 km away
South Dublin
Ireland
Approx. 311 km away
Saint Peter Port
Guernsey
Approx. 339 km away
Saint Helier
Jersey
Approx. 366 km away
Glasgow
United Kingdom
Approx. 406 km away
Birmingham is in the Europe/London timezone (BST), with a UTC offset of +01:00.
Birmingham uses seasonal daylight saving rules in Europe/London. The current offset is UTC+01:00; January resolves to UTC+00:00 and July resolves to UTC+01:00.
The current UTC offset for Birmingham is UTC+01:00.
No. The business-hours blocks use a simple 09:00-17:00 local-time planning window for Birmingham, plus live comparisons with reference cities. Confirm office, market, legal, or holiday-sensitive hours with the relevant official source.
The live clock, offset, daylight, weather, holiday, and business-overlap values are render-time snapshots from Jun 2, 2026 · 11:46 GMT+1. Static city facts are reviewed separately and come from curated timezone, city, airport, holiday, and country-profile datasets.
Birmingham sits at 52.48°N, 1.90°W in United Kingdom, with about 1.2M residents (rank #2 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Birmingham is London, about 163 km away as the crow flies.
Manchester is the closest indexed city, roughly 113 km from Birmingham.
Birmingham Airport (BHX) is the closest curated airport reference, about 11 km from Birmingham.
World Cup Bank Holiday is the next upcoming holiday in United Kingdom, on Monday, June 15, 2026.
Birmingham uses British pound (GBP, symbol £) as the local currency of United Kingdom.
The longest day of 2026 in Birmingham falls on Jun 20 with about 16h 50m of daylight. The shortest is Dec 20 with 7h 39m; the year-round average is 12h 17m.
In Birmingham local time, the 09:00-17:00 working day of major hubs falls at: New York 14:00-22:00; Frankfurt 08:00-16:00; Dubai 06:00-14:00; Mumbai 04:30-12:30. These windows shift twice a year when northern-hemisphere DST starts and ends.