Set the alarm clock for 5:44 am

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Going to bed for a 5:44 am alarm

Asleep by 8:29 pm — 6 full sleep cycles, about 9 hours
Asleep by 9:59 pm — 5 full sleep cycles, about 7 hours
Asleep by 11:29 pm — 4 full sleep cycles, about 6 hours

A sleep cycle runs about 90 minutes, and most people take around 15 minutes to drop off. Waking at the end of a cycle feels easier than waking in the middle of one.

5:44 am across the country

London	5:44 am
Birmingham	5:44 am
Manchester	5:44 am
Glasgow	5:44 am
Belfast	5:44 am

Times are worked out live in your browser, so daylight saving is already accounted for.

How to use the online alarm clock

You have just woken at 5:44 am, and getting your child ready for the school bus has not begun yet. Set the alarm before leaving the duvet, then use the quiet minutes before 6:00 am to lay out uniform, check the school bag and decide what can wait. That small plan keeps a sleepy start from turning into a rushed search for shoes or a missing PE kit.

While the household is still quiet, check where the alarm sound will actually play. Wireless or wired headphones may take the alert without making that obvious, especially if they were used the night before. Disconnect them or test the sound aloud before relying on it. Treat this as an on-screen backup: once it is no longer active, the school-bus alarm will not sound, so another alarm should cover your child’s wake-up.

A school-bus morning leaves little room for guessing how long the journey will take. At this early hour, roads may be quieter, but temporary works, a frosty windscreen or a changed pickup point can still add minutes. Check the route while breakfast is being prepared, allow time to walk from home to the stop, and aim to arrive a few minutes before the stated collection time rather than watching the bus pull away.

Common questions

Can I change the sound?

Yes, there is a short list of tones to pick from before you press Start. Softer sounds are easy to sleep through, so a firmer bell tends to be the safer choice for anything early in the morning.

Will it still be right when the clocks change?

Yes. It reads your device's local clock, so the move between GMT and BST at the end of March and October is picked up automatically, as long as the computer's date, time and time zone are set correctly.

Can I use this on a phone?

It works in a mobile browser, but phones lock the screen and suspend background tabs far more readily than a laptop does, which can stop the alarm sounding. For anything important, a desktop or a plugged-in laptop is the steadier option.

Does the alarm still work if I close the tab?

No. Everything runs inside this page, so closing the tab — or quitting the browser altogether — ends the countdown there and then. Leaving it open in the background is all it asks, and switching to another tab makes no difference.