India and UK time difference
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India is 4 hours 30 minutes ahead of UK
India is 4 hours 30 minutes ahead of UK right now: 16:30 IST in Mumbai is 12:00 BST in London.
Mumbai · India
IST · UTC+5:30
London · UK
BST · UTC+1
Through the year
Daylight saving moves the gap: 5h 30m in January, 4h 30m in July. Next change: Sunday 25 October 2026, when UK’s clocks go back.
Convert a time
- GMT to IST — hour-by-hour table
- Mumbai to London — city to city
- Plan a meeting — find hours that suit both
- Time zones in India · Time zones in United Kingdom
Best hours to call
When are both sides at work?Each column is one hour of the day in the first city; the second row shows the same moment in the other city. Gold means office hours (09:00–18:00), dusk means awake but off work, night means asleep (23:00–07:00). Columns where both rows are gold are good meeting times.
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MumbaiIST · +05:30
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LondonBST · +01:00
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Shared working hours: 13:30–18:00 in Mumbai is 09:00–13:30 in London.
Working (09–18) Awake, off the clock Asleep (23–07)
Questions about the India–UK time difference
- What is the time difference between India and UK?
- India is 4 hours 30 minutes ahead of UK right now: 16:30 IST in Mumbai is 12:00 BST in London.
- What time is it in UK when it is 9 am in India?
- At 09:00 in Mumbai it is 04:30 in London.
- Does the time difference between India and UK change during the year?
- Yes. Because of daylight saving the gap is 5 hours 30 minutes in January and 4 hours 30 minutes in July. It next changes on Sunday 25 October 2026, when UK changes its clocks.
Other pairs: every country time difference. Times are computed from the IANA time zone database.