what time zone is birmingham england?
Greenwich Mean Time
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 Birmingham ( / ˈbɜːrmɪŋəm / ) is a major city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England . It is the largest and most populous British city outside London , with a population in 2014 of 1 @,@ 101 @,@ 360 . The city is in the West Midlands Built @-@ up Area , the third most populous urban area in the United Kingdom , with a population of 2 @,@ 440 @,@ 986 at the 2011 census . Birmingham is the second most populous metropolitan area in the UK with a population of 3 @.@ 8 million . This also makes Birmingham the 9th most populous metropolitan area in Europe . 

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 Birmingham has seven sister cities ; 

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 Birmingham is a snowy city relative to other large UK conurbations , due to its inland location and comparatively high elevation . Between 1961 and 1990 Birmingham Airport averaged 13 @.@ 0 days of snow lying annually , compared to 5 @.@ 33 at London Heathrow . Snow showers often pass through the city via the Cheshire gap on north westerly airstreams , but can also come off the North Sea from north easterly airstreams . 

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 Birmingham 's ten parliamentary constituencies are represented in the House of Commons as of 2015 by one Conservative and nine Labour MPs . In the European Parliament the city forms part of the West Midlands European Parliament constituency , which elects six Members of the European Parliament . 

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 Birmingham is the home of the UK 's longest @-@ established local science fiction group , launched in 1971 ( although there were earlier incarnations in the 1940s and 1960s ) and which organises the annual science fiction event Novacon . 
