Clocks go back Oct 26 2025. Where? What time?

 

UK Clock Changes

The clocks in London, England, Britain, change on October 26th. in 2025. It ls the last Sunday in October each year, each autumn. (They go forward again in March.) 

Sunday Clock Change, UK

Why a Sunday, not a fixed numbered day? I presume so people don't get to work late on a weekday in Springtime. Those who get the time wrong that day, and arrive late, are only disrupting social events, not work.

The days when the clocks shange are not worldwide. Down under in Australia and New Zealand operate on different days. The USA is different.  Canada is not the same as the USA.

If you are travelling, or holding an online Zoom meeting, you need to alert everybody who is likely to come in contact with you. 

What Time Is The Change?

The clocks don't change at midnight or even one minute past midnight. But two hours after midnight, later, when most people have go home off public transport and are safely in bed. 

Unless you change the clocks when you go to bed, you will find some clocks might be out of sync with the rest of the clocks, and the country, next morning.

Changing Your Clocks

When you get up in the morning, your computer and radio controlled alarm clock are likely to have changed themselves. That is a reminder to check your other time pieces. 

For example, your watch, your clocks on appliances such as ovens and microwaves. Your car or vehicle. 

Check every appointment through the day. You might also advise co-workers, bosses, emplyees, family, especially if they are from overseas.

Who To Warn

Anybody, especially affected children, the elderly, the dozy, foreign visitors. Phone callers. Zoom. blogs. Duolingo. Anything you do which operates on UK time, or which stays on another time when you are on UK time.

If you do business with other countries, note the times they change their clocks, as well as telling them about your country's changeover dates.

When you buy or are given a new diary at the end of December in 2025, or next year, 2026, you might want to write in clock changes.

Day, Night & Sleep

In theory you get an extra hour of sleep in autumn (called Fall in the USA). If you get up at sunrise, you get up an hour earlier, at what is now 6 am. 

2026 UK Time Change

Sunday March 29th 2026. UK. Spring forward.

Sunday 25th October 2026 UK. Fall back.

Useful Websites on Clock Changes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_by_country

https://www.gov.uk/when-do-the-clocks-change

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702292 (Petition closed)

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Updated Wed 22 Oct 2025.