Date to count on sundown after 8pm within the UK as clocks go ahead | EUROtoday

BST doesn’t run all yr although as when autumn arrives and the clocks fall again, the UK switches again to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), which many individuals have a tendency to think about as ‘regular time’.

As defined by Royal Museums Greenwich, BST begins when clocks transfer ahead by one hour at 1am on the ultimate Sunday in March. In 2026, that change occurs on March 29. By distinction, the clocks modified a day later final yr, on March 30.

Looking additional forward, BST is because of start on March 28 in 2027, and on March 26 in 2028 – in the event you’re occupied with planning that far forward!

When do the clocks return in 2026?

BST involves an finish within the autumn, when the clocks are put again. This yr, it’ll happen at 2am on October 25, which is the final Sunday of October.

When will the solar set within the UK after 8pm?

In the capital, sundown is predicted to cross the 8pm mark on Thursday, April 16, in accordance with sunrise-sunset.org. Other elements of the UK will attain this milestone earlier. For instance, Manchester is ready to see sunsets after 8pm from Thursday, April 9.

For comparability, London’s present common dawn time is 7.54am, whereas the common sundown is round 4.25pm. If you are heading additional north, in cities like Glasgow you’ll be able to count on sunsets to begin occurring after 8pm on Friday, April 3 – a bit earlier for these eager to journey the place the solar units later.