What time the sun will set on Sunday after the clocks change

It might be darker mornings but the nights will start to be lighter

Sunday will see the clocks change as British Summer Time begins, heralding the way for brighter nights across the UK. Many have already begun to get accustomed to later daylight hours with the arrival of spring just days ago.

However the big change comes at 1am on Sunday, March 29, when the clocks “spring forward” pushing the daylight away from the start of the day to later in the evening. While it will mean darker mornings it will also see sunset jumping forward an hour – plus the few extra minutes it grows by naturally.

Timeanddate.com explains we gain just under four minutes of extra daylight each day in March. While the exact timings differ slightly depending on where you live, in London on March 28, the eve of British Summer Time beginning, sunrise is at 5.45am and sunset at 6.26pm, resulting in daylight lasting 12 hours, 41 minutes and 50 seconds.

On March 29, accounting for the clock change, the sun rises at 6.42am and sets at 7.28pm. This equates to 12 hours, 45 minutes and 47 seconds of daylight.

Meanwhile, further north in Scotland, people in Edinburgh will have about four and a half minutes more daylight each day during March. By Saturday, the day before British Summer Time, sunrise is at 5.54am with sunset at 6.42pm, meaning daylight lasts for 12 hours, 48 minutes and 37 seconds.

Following the clock change, on Sunday, sunrise will be at 6.51am with sunset at 7.44pm. This will deliver 12 hours, 53 minutes and 17 seconds of daylight.

Do we get more time in bed this weekend?

Sadly no, as the Royal Observatory Greenwich explains. It said: “Unfortunately, the clocks moving forward means that we lose an hour in bed.”

It added: “An easy way to remember which way the clocks change at which time of year is to remember that the clocks ‘spring forward’ in spring, and ‘fall back’ in autumn.”