How Many Days Until Clocks Go Back (UK & EU) 2028?
Clocks go back one hour on the last Sunday of October, ending summer time in the UK and the EU.
- Weeks
- 109
- Days
- 769
- Hours
- 18,461
- Minutes
- 1,107,702
- Seconds
- 66,462,158
Clocks Go Back (UK & EU) 2028 falls on .
In the UK the clock drops from 02:00 BST to 01:00 GMT; in most of the EU it moves from 03:00 CEST to 02:00 CET.
About Clocks Go Back (UK & EU) 2028
At 02:00 BST the clock returns to 01:00 GMT in the United Kingdom, and the European Union leaves Central European Summer Time for standard time. You get an extra hour in bed, and from that morning the sun rises an hour earlier on the clock.
This is the change people feel most, because it lands in the darkest part of the year: evenings snap back an hour while mornings brighten. In the week after it, the sun sets around 16:00 in London and darkness covers most of the commute home.
Safety campaigns in the UK treat this date as the start of the darker months, with higher pedestrian risk in the late afternoon. It is also the weekend when train timetables, shift rotas and pharmacy opening hours are re-cut, and when phones and laptops quietly fix themselves overnight.
- You gain an hour of sleep, which is why this is the easier of the two changes.
- The UK is an hour behind continental Europe in winter and the same hour behind in summer.
- Europe/US overlap shrinks to four hours after this date, which is why transatlantic calls get awkward in November.
- The last Sunday of October was chosen in 1996 to harmonise the EU and the UK.
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Frequently asked questions
How many days until Clocks Go Back (UK & EU) 2028?
There are 770 days until Clocks Go Back (UK & EU) 2028, which falls on Sunday, October 29, 2028. The live countdown at the top of this page shows the exact time remaining in days, hours, minutes and seconds.
What day of the week is Clocks Go Back (UK & EU) 2028?
Clocks Go Back (UK & EU) 2028 falls on a Sunday.
How many weeks, hours and minutes until Clocks Go Back (UK & EU) 2028?
That is roughly 109 weeks, 18,461 hours or 1,107,702 minutes from now. The table on this page updates every second.
When is Clocks Go Back (UK & EU) in 2026, 2027, 2028?
Clocks Go Back (UK & EU) falls on Oct 25, 2026 (Sunday), Oct 31, 2027 (Sunday), Oct 29, 2028 (Sunday).
Do the clocks go back at 2am or 3am?
In the UK the clock goes from 02:00 BST back to 01:00 GMT. In most of the EU it moves from 03:00 CEST to 02:00 CET.
Why do the clocks change in autumn?
To keep working hours aligned with daylight in the darker half of the year, a rule kept in place by UK and EU law since the 1980s.
Is the UK still changing clocks after Brexit?
Yes. The UK keeps its own schedule, but it currently matches the EU dates exactly, so both change on the same weekend.