Saint Peter Port, Guernsey · UTC+1
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Saint Peter Port is in the Greenwich Mean Time timezone (GMT/UTC+0 in winter, BST/UTC+1 in summer), matching London at this Channel Island Crown Dependency closer to France than Britain.
Guernsey is 48 kilometers from the French coast of Normandy and 120 kilometers from the English coast. It is technically closer to France than to Britain, but it keeps British time. Saint Peter Port, the capital, follows Europe/Guernsey in the IANA database, which tracks Europe/London: UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer.
Guernsey is a Crown Dependency: self-governing, with its own parliament (the States of Guernsey), but not part of the UK or the EU. Its financial services industry, centered in Saint Peter Port, is one of the reasons for its prosperity: hedge funds, private equity, trusts. The finance sector works on London time, which the island provides by default.
Saint Peter Port climbs steeply from the harbor on the east coast. The Victorian market building, the narrow lanes, and Castle Cornet at the harbor entrance give the town a specific character. The harbor itself is tidal: at low tide, the walls drop far below the boat level. The tidal range here, like all of the Channel Islands, is considerable.
Victor Hugo and the island in exile
Victor Hugo lived in Guernsey in exile from 1855 to 1870, writing Les Misérables and Toilers of the Sea (set on the island) in Hauteville House, which still stands. He looked out at the sea from his glass study on the roof and wrote on French time.
9am in Saint Peter Port is 9am in London in winter.
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Questions about time in Saint Peter Port
- What timezone is Saint Peter Port in?
- Saint Peter Port is in Western European Time (WET), using the IANA timezone
Europe/Guernsey. The standard UTC offset is UTC+0 in winter. During daylight saving time (summer), it becomes Western European Summer Time (WEST) at UTC+1. - Does Saint Peter Port observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Saint Peter Port observes daylight saving time. In 2026, clocks spring forward one hour on Sunday, March 29 and fall back one hour on Sunday, October 25. During DST, the UTC offset shifts from UTC+0 to UTC+1.
- What is the current UTC offset for Saint Peter Port?
- Saint Peter Port is currently at UTC+1. It is currently observing daylight saving time.
- What is the time difference between Saint Peter Port and New York?
- Saint Peter Port is currently 5 hours ahead of New York.
- What is the time difference between Saint Peter Port and Los Angeles?
- Saint Peter Port is currently 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles.
- What is the time difference between Saint Peter Port and Tokyo?
- Saint Peter Port is currently 8 hours behind Tokyo. Tokyo does not observe daylight saving time, so this gap changes by 1 hour when Saint Peter Port transitions to/from DST.
- What is the IANA timezone name for Saint Peter Port?
- The IANA timezone database identifier for Saint Peter Port is
Europe/Guernsey. Use this string in programming languages and APIs: JavaScript (`new Intl.DateTimeFormat('en-US', { timeZone: 'Europe/Guernsey' })`), Python (`pytz.timezone('Europe/Guernsey')`), or any IANA-compatible library.