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1:00 pm13:00 BST (UTC+1), Oct 19, 2026 = 5:30 pm17:30 SLST (UTC+5:30), Oct 19, 2026

BST is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind Nuwara Eliya.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, BST is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind Nuwara Eliya. From Oct 25, 2026 to Mar 28, 2027, GMT is 5 hours and 30 minutes behind Nuwara Eliya.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in BST correspond to 1:30 pm to 10:30 pm in Nuwara Eliya. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in GMT correspond to 2:30 pm to 11:30 pm in Nuwara Eliya.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in BST correspond to 13:30 to 22:30 in Nuwara Eliya. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 18:00 in GMT correspond to 14:30 to 23:30 in Nuwara Eliya.

Compare BST time with Nuwara Eliya time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

British Summer Time is 4 hours and 30 minutes behind SLST (Sri Lanka Standard Time).
1:00 pm13:00 in BST is 5:30 pm17:30 in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

BST to Nuwara Eliya call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-1:30pm09:00-13:30 in BST which corresponds to 1:30pm-6pm13:30-18:00 in Nuwara Eliya

1:00 pm13:00 British Summer Time (BST). Offset UTC +1:00 hour
5:30 pm17:30 SLST (Sri Lanka Standard Time) (Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka). Offset UTC +5:30 hours

1:00 pm13:00 BST / 5:30 pm17:30 Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

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British Summer Time

Offset: BST is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Countries using this time zone: Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, United Kingdom

Principal Cities: The largest city in the BST time zone is London in the United Kingdom, with about 8.962 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield.

Current time in the United Kingdom: UK time now

Map of the areas on British Summer Time (BST)
BST part of the year

Today all shaded areas are on BST.

Daylight Saving: British Summer Time (BST) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

123456789101112Start: British Summer Time (BST) started on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 29, 2026, 2:00 am02:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the last Sunday of March.

123456789101112End: British Summer Time (BST) ends on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, October 25, 2026, 1:00 am01:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the last Sunday of October.

See United Kingdom daylight saving time and upcoming clock changes worldwide.

BST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +01 - basic short
  • +0100 - basic
  • +01:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +0100 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (01) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of one hour to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Alpha - Military abbreviation for BST
  • A - short form of 'Alpha'
IANA/Olson: Reflects BST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Europe/Belfast
  • Europe/Guernsey
  • Europe/Isle_of_Man
  • Europe/Jersey
  • Europe/London
  • GB
  • GB-Eire
BST Abbreviation: Several time zones share BST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • British Summer Time - UTC +1
  • Bangladesh Standard Time - UTC +6
  • Bougainville Standard Time - UTC +11
Time zones with the GMT +1 offset:
  • BST - British Summer Time
  • CET - Central European Time
  • IST - Irish Standard Time
  • WEST - Western European Summer Time
  • A - Alpha Time Zone
  • CET - Central European Time
  • MEZ - Mitteleuropäische Zeit
  • WAT - West Africa Time
  • WST - Western Sahara Summer Time
  • BMT - Biel Mean Time

Nuwara Eliya Time Zone and Facts

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Offset
SLST – Sri Lanka Standard Time, UTC+5:30 (no daylight saving time)

Nuwara Eliya Facts

Country
Sri Lanka
Alternative Names
NUA, Nuvara-Ehlija, Nuvara-Elija, Nuwara Elija, Nuwara Eliya, Nuwari Eliya, nu wo lei ai li ye, nuvareliya, nuwala elliya, nwara alya, nwwara alyya, Нувара-Елія, Нувара-Элия, نوارا إليا, نووارا الییا, நுவரெலியா, නුවරඑළිය, ヌワラ・エリヤ, 努沃勒埃利耶, 누와라 엘리야
Population
27,500
Currency
Rupee (LKR)
Geographic Coordinates
6° 58' N Latitude / 80° 46' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+94