# GMT Time Now: Current Greenwich Mean Time | WherOra

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# GMT time now

**The UK is on GMT (UTC+0) right now**, until Sunday, March 28, 2027, when the clocks go forward an hour to BST (UTC+1). GMT itself is UTC+0 all year.

Times checked November 1, 2026 against the IANA time zone database. [How WherOra calculates times](https://wherora.com/about/methodology/)

## Current time in the UK

## What is GMT?

The UK uses GMT in winter and British Summer Time (BST, UTC+1) in summer; Ireland and Portugal follow the same pattern. Iceland and much of West Africa, including Ghana, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, use GMT all year.

### Clock changes in the next year

- **Sunday, March 28, 2027**: clocks go forward one hour, to BST (UTC+1)
- **Sunday, October 31, 2027**: clocks go back one hour, to GMT (UTC+0)

### Places on GMT

- [London](https://wherora.com/time/london/)
- Dublin
- [Lisbon](https://wherora.com/time/lisbon/)
- Accra

### Convert GMT

- [EST to GMT](https://wherora.com/convert/est-to-gmt/)
- [Any time zone](https://wherora.com/convert/)

### Other time zones

- [EST time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/est/)
- [PST time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/pst/)
- [IST time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/ist/)
- [UTC time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/utc/)
- [CET time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/cet/)
- [AEST time now](https://wherora.com/time-zones/aest/)

Not sure which abbreviation an invite means? Read [time zone abbreviations explained](https://wherora.com/guides/time-zone-abbreviations/).

## GMT: quick answers

### Is the UK on GMT right now?

Yes. The UK is on GMT (UTC+0) right now, until Sunday, March 28, 2027, when it changes to BST (UTC+1). GMT itself is always UTC+0.

### What’s the difference between GMT and UTC?

For everyday use they show the same time. UTC is the precise atomic-clock standard that the world’s time zones are defined from; GMT is the time zone at UTC+0. Neither changes for daylight saving.

### Which countries use GMT all year?

Iceland and much of West Africa, including Ghana, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, stay on GMT all year. The UK, Ireland and Portugal use it only in winter.

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