Current Time in Reading, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

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20:56:57 GMT
Friday, 30 October 2026
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Lat/Long: 51.46° N, 0.97° W

Population: 318,014

Country: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

IANA Timezone: Europe/London

UTC Offset: +00:00

Timezone: GMT

Daylight Saving Time: No ❌

Standard Timezone Abbreviations used in United Kingdom: GMT

Daylight Saving Timezone Abbreviations used in United Kingdom: BST

Time now in other cities in United Kingdom:

Aberdeen Archway Basildon Basingstoke Bath Becontree Bedford Belfast Bexley Birkenhead Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bradford Brent Brighton Bristol Burnley Burton upon Trent Cambridge Cannock Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Chester Chesterfield City of Westminster Colchester Coventry Crawley Croydon Dagenham Darlington Derby Doncaster Dudley Dundee Eastbourne Edinburgh Enfield Town Exeter Fulham Gillingham Glasgow Gloucester Grays Grimsby Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hartlepool Hastings High Peak High Wycombe Huddersfield Ilford Ipswich Islington Kingston upon Hull Leeds Leicester Liverpool London Londonderry County Borough Luton Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Mendip Middlesbrough Milton Keynes Newcastle under Lyme Newcastle upon Tyne Newport Northampton Norwich Nottingham Nuneaton Oldham Oxford Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Rochdale Romford Rotherham Royal Leamington Spa Saint Peters Salford Sheffield Slough Solihull Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport St Helens Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Sunderland Sutton Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Telford Tottenham Wakefield Walsall Walthamstow Warrington Watford Wembley West Bromwich Wigan Woking Wolverhampton Worthing York

Sunrise & Sunset Times for Reading

🌅 Sunrise in Reading
↑ 6:53 AM
🌇 Sunset in Reading
↓ 4:40 PM
🌄 Dawn in Reading
6:18 AM
🌆 Dusk in Reading
5:15 PM

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Moon Phases & Times for Reading

🌖 Current Phase
Waning Gibbous
💡 Illumination
72.0%
🌕 Next Moonrise
↑ Tomorrow, 21:07
🌑 Next Moonset
↓ Tomorrow, 13:15

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⏱️ Time.tz

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Time in Reading — FAQ

Answers refreshed each request based on Reading's current local time, time zone, and DST status.

What time is it in Reading right now?
The current local time in Reading, United Kingdom is 20:56 (Friday, October 30, 2026). Reading observes the Europe/London time zone, which is UTC+0 .
Which time zone does Reading use?
Reading uses Europe/London, an IANA time zone identifier. Use this identifier when configuring calendar apps, servers or scheduling software to ensure the correct UTC offset and daylight-saving rules are applied for Reading.
Does Reading observe daylight saving time?
Reading is currently NOT on daylight saving time. DST transitions follow the rules of the IANA Europe/London time zone; the changeover dates differ from year to year and are applied automatically by all major operating systems.
What is the UTC offset for Reading?
Right now Reading is at UTC+0. The offset shifts by ±1 hour at daylight-saving transitions if Reading observes DST.
When does the day change in Reading?
Midnight in Reading occurs when the local time displayed above reads 00:00 in the Europe/London zone. Since Reading is at UTC+0, the date here is aligned with UTC by 0 hours.

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