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London vs Minneapolis time difference and converter
Minneapolis is 6 hours behind London right now. London sits in United Kingdom on London; Minneapolis sits in United States on Chicago. They are roughly 6,455 km apart (4,011 mi), a flight of about 8h 36m. London's metro holds around 9.5 million people; Minneapolis's around 3.7 million.
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15:00 / 09:00
London / Minneapolis
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16:00 / 10:00
London / Minneapolis
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09:00 / 03:00
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Each row is one hour in London. Green rows are inside business hours in both cities; amber means only one side is at their desk; grey rows fall outside business hours in both.
Public holidays in November 2026
Veterans Day
Minneapolis, United States
Wed, Nov 11
Thanksgiving Day
Minneapolis, United States
Thu, Nov 26
Travel context
Great-circle distance
6,455 km
(4,011 mi)
Approximate flight
8h 36m
850 km/h cruise + 1h taxi/climb/descent
Jet lag
6h
Roughly 1 day to adjust per timezone crossed
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Working between London and Minneapolis
The difference between London and Minneapolis is not really a number, it's a daily rhythm. Minneapolis is 6 hours behind London on the clock today, but the lived version is that London is ahead in the calendar, so by the time Minneapolis comes online, half of London's day is already gone. That gap, more than the raw offset, is what teams have to design around.
In London, the working day picks up earliest in the financial districts- City of London desks switch on by 07:30 for the European open. The mood in Minneapolis is its own story: Minneapolis settles into the evening at the usual hour, with the local commuter pattern setting the pace. If you are scheduling between the two, the heatmap above marks the rows where both patterns line up.
Daylight saving is the other thing to keep an eye on. United Kingdom shifts the clock on the last Sunday of March and October; United States shifts on the second Sunday of March and the first Sunday of November. When the two changes are weeks apart, the offset between London and Minneapolis is one hour off the usual for that stretch, a cliff that catches recurring calendar invites unless your calendar app rebases them automatically. Pin the meeting to a city, not an offset, and the tool handles the rest.
For travellers, the 8h 36m flight is the short version of the story. The longer one is jet lag: roughly one day of adjustment per timezone crossed, which means a trip across the 6-hour gap costs about 6 groggy days on each side. Pilots and cabin crew swear by morning sunlight and an early walk; whatever your routine, the wall-clock numbers above are the source of truth for your first morning in the new city.