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Time in Reading, United Kingdom now

03:54:54AM

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Reading switched to standard time at 02:00AM on Sunday, October 26. The time was set one hour back.
Sun: ↑ 06:49AM ↓ 04:46PM (9h 57m) - More info - Make Reading time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Reading

UTC +0

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
now 4 hours ahead of New York

From 29 March 2026: UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST)
The time in Reading is normally 5 hours ahead of the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Reading can for a short while be 4 hours ahead of the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Reading is Europe/London.

Sunday October 26 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC +0 / Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 29 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC +1 / British Summer Time (BST).
The time will be set forward one hour from 01:00AM to 02:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Reading

Los Angeles	−7 hours	−7 hours
Chicago	−5 hours	−5 hours
New York	−4 hours	−4 hours
Toronto	−4 hours	−4 hours
São Paulo	−3 hours	−3 hours
London	0
UTC	0
Lagos	+1 hours
Paris	+1 hours
Zurich	+1 hours
Johannesburg	+2 hours
Cairo	+3 hours
Istanbul	+3 hours
Moscow	+3 hours
Dubai	+4 hours
Mumbai	+5.5 hours
Hong Kong	+8 hours
Shanghai	+8 hours
Singapore	+8 hours
Tokyo	+9 hours
Sydney	+11 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Reading

Sunrise: 06:49AM
Sunset: 04:46PM
Day length: 9h 57m
Solar noon: 11:48AM
The current local time in Reading is 12 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Reading on the map

Location: United Kingdom
Latitude: 51.46. Longitude: -0.97
Population: 353,000

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Best restaurants in Reading

#1 Red Pizza Van - Italian and pizza food
#2 Vino.Vita. Italian Wine Bar - Wine bars and italian food
#3 Lina Tandoori - Indian and thai food
#4 Osaka Reading - Japanese and sushi food

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