Best Meeting Time: Amsterdam to London
🕐 Live Timezone Overlap: Amsterdam & London
Amsterdam and London sit just one hour apart, making this one of Europe's more straightforward cross-border scheduling pairs. London runs behind Amsterdam by exactly one hour, so a 10am start in London lands at 11am in Amsterdam. Both cities keep a standard 9am–6pm working day. The gap is small, but Dutch teams tend to keep strict close-of-day boundaries, so do not assume Amsterdam colleagues will be reachable past 6pm local time.
Time Difference: Amsterdam and London
London is currently 1 hour behind Amsterdam. The live offsets are Amsterdam UTC+2 and London UTC+1. Amsterdam observes daylight saving and London also observes daylight saving, so the offset shifts twice a year if both sides aren't already aligned.
Currently, Amsterdam is on UTC+2 (CEST) and London is on UTC+1 (BST). Both cities observe DST, so the one-hour gap between them holds year-round. The offset does not widen or narrow between seasons because the Netherlands and the United Kingdom follow the same European DST schedule, switching clocks on the same weekend each spring and autumn. The gap between Amsterdam and London stays at one hour in every season.
Best Times to Meet
The two cities share an 8-hour overlap window: 10am–6pm in Amsterdam corresponds to 9am–5pm in London. Inside that 8-hour window, the cleanest slot is typically 10am–12:30pm London time (11am–1:30pm Amsterdam). This avoids the London lunch period, which commonly runs 12:30–1:30pm, and it respects Amsterdam's preference for a clear end to the working day. Friday afternoons are worth avoiding on the London side, where offices often wind down by 4pm.
Working Hours Overlap Explained
Amsterdam operates on Europe/Amsterdam (currently UTC+2). London operates on Europe/London (currently UTC+1). The table below maps a standard 9:00 AM–6:00 PM day in Amsterdam to London's local time.
| Amsterdam time | London time | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | 8:00 AM | London just starting |
| 10:00 AM | 9:00 AM | London in business hours |
| 11:00 AM | 10:00 AM | London in business hours |
| 12:00 PM | 11:00 AM | London in business hours |
| 1:00 PM | 12:00 PM | London in business hours |
| 2:00 PM | 1:00 PM | London in business hours |
| 3:00 PM | 2:00 PM | London in business hours |
| 4:00 PM | 3:00 PM | London in business hours |
| 5:00 PM | 4:00 PM | London in business hours |
| 6:00 PM | 5:00 PM | London in business hours |
Tips for Scheduling Across Amsterdam and London
- Book Amsterdam-London calls before 1:30pm London time to avoid the common London lunch break running 12:30–1:30pm.
- Avoid scheduling on 27 April: King's Day closes most Amsterdam businesses and the day is a national celebration.
- The May Bank Holiday in London and Liberation Day in Amsterdam (5 May) can both fall in the same week.
- Dutch teams value a strict close-of-day, so treat 6pm Amsterdam time as a firm cut-off for any meeting request.
- Both cities switch clocks on the same European schedule, so the one-hour gap never shifts regardless of the season.
Public Holidays and Working Weeks
Both cities work a standard Monday-to-Friday week with a 9am–6pm window. Cross-city meetings need to account for both holiday calendars. In Amsterdam, King's Day on 27 April closes most businesses; the Netherlands also observes Liberation Day on 5 May. London's next major public holiday is the May Bank Holiday, on the first Monday in May. These dates can fall close together, so check both calendars before scheduling anything in late April or early May.