HKT to London
United Kingdom Time is 7 hours behind Hong Kong Time for 210 days of the year, and takes 2 different values across the year.
HKT to London conversion table
Every hour of the day at the difference that holds for 210 days of 2026 — 7 hours. See “When the difference changes” below for the rest.
| HKT | London |
|---|---|
| 12:00 AM | 5:00 PM −1 day |
| 1:00 AM | 6:00 PM −1 day |
| 2:00 AM | 7:00 PM −1 day |
| 3:00 AM | 8:00 PM −1 day |
| 4:00 AM | 9:00 PM −1 day |
| 5:00 AM | 10:00 PM −1 day |
| 6:00 AM | 11:00 PM −1 day |
| 7:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
| 8:00 AM | 1:00 AM |
| 9:00 AM | 2:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM | 3:00 AM |
| 11:00 AM | 4:00 AM |
| HKT | London |
|---|---|
| 12:00 PM | 5:00 AM |
| 1:00 PM | 6:00 AM |
| 2:00 PM | 7:00 AM |
| 3:00 PM | 8:00 AM |
| 4:00 PM | 9:00 AM |
| 5:00 PM | 10:00 AM |
| 6:00 PM | 11:00 AM |
| 7:00 PM | 12:00 PM |
| 8:00 PM | 1:00 PM |
| 9:00 PM | 2:00 PM |
| 10:00 PM | 3:00 PM |
| 11:00 PM | 4:00 PM |
Shared working hours
Taking a working day as 09:00–17:00 in each zone, Hong Kong Time and United Kingdom Time overlap for 1 hour.
4:00 PM–5:00 PM in HKT is 9:00 AM–10:00 AM in London.
When the difference changes
The two zones move their clocks on different dates, so the gap takes more than one value. These are the stretches of 2026:
| Dates | London is | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January – 29 March | 8 hours behind | — |
| 29 March – 25 October | 7 hours behind | United Kingdom Time clocks go forward one hour |
| 25 October – 1 January | 8 hours behind | United Kingdom Time clocks go back one hour |
Dates are Hong Kong Time local dates for 2026. Transition dates move by a few days from year to year; the rule each country follows does not.
About Hong Kong Time
Hong Kong is a fixed UTC+8. Daylight saving was used on and off until 1979 and has not been since, so its gap to every other zone on this site is either constant or moves only because the other zone changes.
Cities on this clock: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore.
About United Kingdom Time
The United Kingdom is on GMT (UTC+0) for about five months and BST (UTC+1) for the rest, changing on the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. Ireland keeps exactly the same clock, so every figure here applies to Dublin as well as London.
Cities on this clock: London, Lisbon, Dublin, Edinburgh, Manchester.
How the difference is worked out
The gap between Hong Kong Time and United Kingdom Time is not one number. The two zones change their clocks on different dates, so for part of the year the difference is 7 hours and for the rest it is something else — the table above lists each stretch of 2026 with the date it starts and which country's clocks moved.
With both zones on their own standard time — daylight saving not in force anywhere — United Kingdom Time is 8 hours behind Hong Kong Time. That figure never changes; everything else on this page follows from it plus whichever clocks have moved.
Every figure here comes from the IANA time zone database via your browser's own Intl engine, using the zone ids Asia/Hong_Kong and Europe/London. Nothing is looked up on a server and nothing about your visit is recorded.
Is London ahead of or behind HKT?
United Kingdom Time is 7 hours behind Hong Kong Time for 210 days of the year, and takes 2 different values across the year. The gap moves because the two zones change their clocks on different dates — on 29 March, United Kingdom Time clocks go forward one hour; on 25 October, United Kingdom Time clocks go back one hour (dates for 2026).
What time is 9 AM HKT in London?
9:00 AM HKT is 2:00 AM London for most of the year — see the table above for the 3 stretches of 2026 the gap holds different values.
When can Hong Kong Time and United Kingdom Time meet?
Taking a working day as 09:00–17:00 in each zone, the two overlap for 1 hour: 4:00 PM–5:00 PM in Hong Kong Time, which is 9:00 AM–10:00 AM in United Kingdom Time.
What does HKT stand for?
HKT is Hong Kong Time, also written Hong Kong time. Hong Kong is a fixed UTC+8. Daylight saving was used on and off until 1979 and has not been since, so its gap to every other zone on this site is either constant or moves only because the <em>other</em> zone changes.