Current Time in Dublin

About time in Dublin

Dublin keeps the same clock as London, sitting at UTC+0 in winter and UTC+1 in summer. Ireland has a legal quirk worth knowing: its summer offset (UTC+1) is officially defined as 'Irish Standard Time', while the winter period is treated as the deviation from that baseline rather than the other way around. In practice the result is identical to GMT and British Summer Time, so travelers rarely notice. Clocks change on the last Sundays of March and October, in step with the rest of the European Union.

Dublin changes its clocks for daylight saving time, so its exact UTC offset depends on the season (UTC+0 (UTC+1 in summer)). The live clock above reads Dublin's local time directly from the IANA time zone database in your browser, using the rules installed on your device. Keep your browser updated when regional rules change. To plan a call or convert a specific moment, use the timezone converter or meeting planner linked below.

Daylight in Dublin through 2026

Dublin sits at about 53.4°N, 6.3°W. The longest day of 2026 is June 18, with 17h 00m between sunrise and sunset. The shortest is December 19, with 7h 30m, a difference of 9 h 30 min. This far from the equator the swing is large: winter days are short and summer evenings stay light very late.

The earliest sunrise of the year comes around June 13 (04:56) and the latest sunset around June 22 (21:57). These are not exactly on the solstice because the sun’s position runs slightly ahead of or behind clock time during the year.

Solar noon, when the sun is highest, falls at about 12:32 local time in late March, 13:26 in late June and 12:22 in late December. In standard time the sun is highest at about 12:25 on average, about 25 minutes after 12:00, a modest gap between clock and sun time in Dublin. During daylight saving time everything moves an hour later on the clock.

Local clock times, including daylight saving where it applies. Calculated with the standard sunrise equation for the city centre; terrain and tall buildings can delay the visible sunrise.

Clock changes in Dublin (2026–2027)

Dublin changes its clocks twice in 2026. On a change night, the local time skips or repeats a block of time, and the gap to other cities shifts unless they change on the same date.

• Sunday, March 29, 2026: at 01:00 clocks go forward one hour to 02:00 (UTC+0 → UTC+1).
• Sunday, October 25, 2026: at 02:00 clocks go back one hour to 01:00 (UTC+1 → UTC+0).
• Sunday, March 28, 2027: at 01:00 clocks go forward one hour to 02:00 (UTC+0 → UTC+1).
• Sunday, October 31, 2027: at 02:00 clocks go back one hour to 01:00 (UTC+1 → UTC+0).

Recurring meetings set in Dublin time stay at the same local hour; participants elsewhere see the meeting move by an hour for the weeks when only one side has changed.

Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled with this site’s build. Governments occasionally change rules at short notice; see our methodology.