Time difference between New York and London

London is 5 hours ahead of New York

New York, the United States is UTC−5 · London, the United Kingdom is UTC — on standard time

The gap is not the same all year

Every converter gives one number for this pair. That number is right for most of the year and wrong for part of it, because New York goes forward on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November and London goes forward on the last Sunday in March and back on the last Sunday in October.

Both change their clocks and both are in the northern hemisphere, but not on the same weekend — New York goes forward on the second Sunday in March and London on the last Sunday in March. For the days in between, the gap is neither party's expected figure, and a standing meeting silently moves by an hour. That mismatch is a common cause of a missed international call.

When they can both be at their desks

Nine-to-five in both cities overlaps for 3 hours — 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in New York, the same moment as 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM in London.

New York to London, hour by hour

On the usual gap of 5 hours.

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Other pairs

• New York to Dublin
• New York to Lisbon
• New York to Paris
• New York to Berlin
• New York to Madrid
• New York to Rome
• New York to Amsterdam
• New York to Stockholm
• New York to Warsaw
• New York to Athens

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