Prayer Times in London Today

Today's Prayer Times in London

Day length today: 9 hours 58 minutes.

Prayer Times in London: October 2026

The table shows each day of the month in local time, with Asr calculated the standard way. Today's row is highlighted.

Prayer Times Through the Year in London

Fajr in London is at 05:59 in January and 03:39 in June, while Maghrib is at 16:21 in January and 21:20 in June. The table uses local clock time, which is GMT in winter and BST in summer, so it already includes the clock change.

Times for the 15th of each month, in local clock time.

Daylight in London

On 21 June, the longest day, the sun is up in London for 16 hours 39 minutes between sunrise and sunset. On 21 December, the shortest day, it is up for 7 hours 49 minutes, a difference of 8 hours 50 minutes.

How These Times Are Calculated for London

The times for London use the Muslim World League method, which sets Fajr at 18 degrees and Isha at 17 degrees. They are worked out from the position of the sun at 51.51 degrees latitude and -0.13 degrees longitude and shown in the Europe/London time zone, so they are in local time whatever device you use. The clocks here change twice a year, and the tables follow local clock time.

Dhuhr begins just after the sun passes its highest point, and Maghrib begins at sunset. Sunrise is not a prayer time, but it marks the end of the time for Fajr, and the hours between sunrise and sunset make up the day length shown above. Asr is shown two ways: in the standard method it begins when the shadow of an object equals its height, and in the Hanafi method when the shadow equals twice its height.

These times are calculated, so they may differ by a minute or two from a mosque timetable, and congregational times are set by your local mosque.

Fajr and Isha in London

Roughly from late May to mid July, the sky over London does not get dark enough for Fajr and Isha to be worked out from the sun's angle. This page uses the seventh-of-the-night rule in that period, which places Fajr a seventh of the night before sunrise and Isha a seventh of the night after Maghrib. The period lasts about 8 weeks, which is the stretch of the year when the sun stays within 18 degrees of the horizon at midnight. In late spring and summer the sky over London never becomes fully dark, so Fajr and Isha cannot be worked out from the sun's angle alone. Calculators use a high-latitude rule instead, and local mosques may follow a different one, so always check your mosque's timetable for congregational times.

Clock Changes in London

The clocks in London change in spring and autumn, so prayer times on the clock jump by an hour on the day of the change even though the sun itself has not moved. The monthly table already follows local clock time, so you can read the times straight from it.

Qibla Direction From London

From London, the qibla is about 119 degrees clockwise from true north, which points south-east. For a live compass on your own device, use the Qibla Finder.

Prayer Times in Other Cities Near London

• Prayer times in Slough, about 20 miles away
• Prayer times in Luton, about 29 miles away
• Prayer times in Coventry, about 86 miles away
• Prayer times in Leicester, about 89 miles away

To use your own location or see every city, go to our prayer times page.

London Prayer Times FAQ