London for remote workers: time-zone overlap, weather by month, prices

US Eastern team 3–4 h shared 9–5 · their day is 14:00–22:00 here

US Pacific team 0–1 h shared 9–5 · their day is 17:00–01:00 here

UK team 8 h shared 9–5 · their day is 09:00–17:00 here

Central Europe team 7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 08:00–16:00 here

Price level 92 Very high: household prices United Kingdom-wide vs US = 100 (2025)

Comfortable months 6 / 12 May–October

Your team's working day, on London's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in London; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 14:00–22:00

3 h

US Pacific 17:00–01:00

0 h

UK 09:00–17:00

8 h

Central Europe 08:00–16:00

7 h

Another zone

Clock changes ahead in London: 28 Mar 2027 → UTC+1; 31 Oct 2027 → UTC+0. Employers' clocks change on their own dates, which is why shared hours shift for a few weeks each spring and autumn.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

Month	US Eastern	US Pacific	UK	Central Europe
Jan	3 h awake 8 h	0 h awake 5 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Feb	3 h awake 8 h	0 h awake 5 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Mar	3–4 h awake 8 h	0–1 h awake 5–6 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Apr	3 h awake 8 h	0 h awake 5 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
May	3 h awake 8 h	0 h awake 5 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Jun	3 h awake 8 h	0 h awake 5 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Jul	3 h awake 8 h	0 h awake 5 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Aug	3 h awake 8 h	0 h awake 5 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Sep	3 h awake 8 h	0 h awake 5 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Oct	3–4 h awake 8 h	0–1 h awake 5–6 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Nov	3 h awake 8 h	0 h awake 5 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Dec	3 h awake 8 h	0 h awake 5 h	8 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h

Weather for working, month by month

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

Month	High	Low	Rain	Dew point	Daylight	Score
Jan	8°C	3°C	62 mm	3°C dry	8.1 h	0.5
Feb	9°C	3°C	45 mm	3°C dry	9.7 h	1.0
Mar	12°C	4°C	42 mm	4°C dry	11.5 h	3.2
Apr	15°C	6°C	44 mm	5°C dry	13.6 h	5.9
May	18°C	8°C	47 mm	8°C dry	15.4 h	8.9
Jun	22°C	11°C	56 mm	11°C comfortable	16.4 h	10.0
Jul	24°C	14°C	54 mm	12°C comfortable	16.0 h	10.0
Aug	23°C	14°C	60 mm	12°C comfortable	14.4 h	10.0
Sep	20°C	11°C	55 mm	11°C comfortable	12.4 h	10.0
Oct	16°C	8°C	71 mm	9°C dry	10.4 h	6.8
Nov	11°C	5°C	70 mm	6°C dry	8.5 h	3.1
Dec	9°C	3°C	64 mm	4°C dry	7.6 h	0.9

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population: 8,799,728 (2021)
Elevation: 4 m
Airports: London Heathrow Airport (LHR), 23 km
London Gatwick Airport (LGW), 40 km
London Stansted Airport (STN), 49 km
Time zone: Europe/London
Visas: Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check United Kingdom's official government or embassy website.
Read more: London on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 2 Exercise Increased Caution. State Department

No UK FCDO advice (domestic).

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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