Wanderlust World Wanderlust World The time difference between the United Kingdom (GMT/UTC+0 in winter, BST/UTC+1 in summer) and other regions varies by time zone and Daylight Saving Time (DST) observance. Below are standard (winter) offsets from GMT:
Same time (UTC+0): Iceland, Ireland, Portugal (mainland), Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau. UTC+1 (CET): Most EU (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, etc.), Norway, Sweden, Algeria, Tunisia, Nigeria, Angola, DRC (west). UTC+2 (EET): Finland, Greece, Ukraine, Romania, Egypt, South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
UTC-3.5: Newfoundland. UTC-4: Atlantic Canada (Halifax), Eastern Caribbean, Chile (winter), Bolivia, Paraguay. UTC-5 (EST): Eastern US (NY, Toronto), Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. UTC-6 (CST): Central US (Chicago), Mexico (most), Central America. UTC-7 (MST): Mountain US (Denver), Mexico (northwest). UTC-8 (PST): Pacific US (LA), Baja California. UTC-9: Alaska. UTC-10: Hawaii.
UTC+3: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar. UTC+3.5: Iran. UTC+4: UAE, Oman, Mauritius, Seychelles, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan. UTC+4.5: Afghanistan. UTC+5: Pakistan, Maldives, Kazakhstan (west). UTC+5.5: India, Sri Lanka. UTC+6: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kazakhstan (east), Kyrgyzstan. UTC+7: Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia (west), Mongolia (west). UTC+8: China, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Western Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong. UTC+9: Japan, Korea, Eastern Indonesia. UTC+9.5: Central Australia (NT, SA). UTC+10: Eastern Australia (Sydney, Melbourne), Guam, PNG. UTC+11: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu. UTC+12: New Zealand, Fiji, Marshall Islands.
UK observes BST (UTC+1) late March–late October. Many countries shift differently (US: 2nd Sun Mar–1st Sun Nov; EU: same as UK; Southern Hemisphere: opposite). Always verify current offset for specific dates using timeanddate.com or similar.