what time zone is it in london england?
Greenwich Mean Time
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 London currently has one sister city : 

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 London , his small part of it , lies wide open , impossible to defend , waiting for its bomb , like a hundred other cities . Rush hour will be a convenient time . It might resemble the Paddington crash – twisted rails , buckled , upraised commuter coaches , stretchers handed out through broken windows , the hospital 's Emergency Plan in action . Berlin , Paris , Lisbon . The authorities agree , an attack 's inevitable . 

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 London has a temperate oceanic climate ( Köppen : Cfb ) , similar to all of southern Britain . Despite its reputation as being a rainy city , London receives less precipitation ( 601 mm ( 24 in ) in a year ) , than Rome , Bordeaux , Toulouse , Naples , Sydney and New York . Temperature extremes for all sites in the London area range from 38 @.@ 1 ° C ( 100 @.@ 6 ° F ) at Kew during August 2003 down to − 16 @.@ 1 ° C ( 3 @.@ 0 ° F ) at Northolt during January 1962 . 

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 London is the seat of the Government of the United Kingdom . Many government departments are based close to the Palace of Westminster , particularly along Whitehall , including the Prime Minister 's residence at 10 Downing Street . The British Parliament is often referred to as the " Mother of Parliaments " ( although this sobriquet was first applied to England itself by John Bright ) because it has been the model for most other parliamentary systems . There are 73 Members of Parliament ( MPs ) from London , who correspond to local parliamentary constituencies in the national Parliament . As of May 2015 , 45 are from the Labour Party , 27 are Conservatives , and one is a Liberal Democrat . 

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 However , London 's continuous urban area extends beyond the borders of Greater London and was home to 9 @,@ 787 @,@ 426 people in 2011 , while its wider metropolitan area has a population of between 12 and 14 million depending on the definition used . According to Eurostat , London is the most populous city and metropolitan area of the European Union and the second most populous in Europe ( or third if Istanbul is included ) . During the period 1991 – 2001 a net 726 @,@ 000 immigrants arrived in London . 
