Best time to have sex revealed (and it’s probably NOT when you think!) 

It is certainly an invigorating way to start the day and shake off sleepiness.

And morning sex may also be more satisfying than sex at any other time of the day, according to new British research.

It’s worth setting the alarm because apparently the hottest time for passion is 7:30am.

The findings come from 500 men and 500 women, mostly in long-term relationships, ages 18 to 65, who were asked to record the times they had sex for six weeks.

On each occasion, they rated their enjoyment of the act out of 10.

The most satisfying time to have sex, chosen by nearly one in four people, was 7:30 am.

Overall, two-thirds of people chose morning sex as the most satisfying, between 7am and 10:30am.

Only 33 percent said they had the best sex in the evening, 16 percent chose the best time as 9 p.m., 15 percent preferred 10 p.m., and only two percent said 11 p.m.

The findings, from CBD brand Naturecan, follow evidence suggesting that men, who are more likely to be night owls, prefer morning sex.

Since having sex releases endorphins, it has been suggested that it is a way to start the day in a good mood.

According to the new research, the second most satisfying time to have sex is 8 a.m., before most home-working people get up to start their day.

For parents with children at home, it can also be a good time slot on the weekend.

The study also found that most people rated 7:45 am as the optimal time for breakfast, 12:45 pm as the best time for lunch, and 6:15 pm as the best time for dinner.

Most people concentrated best at 10 a.m. and were hungry for a snack at 3:30 p.m.

Wine o’clock, when people had their first drink, came at 6 p.m. for 27 percent of people and 6:30 p.m. for 19 percent, while only 11 percent waited until 8 p.m.

The most popular bedtime was 10 p.m., with 7 a.m. the most popular time to wake up.

For those who clearly didn’t have sex that morning, nearly one in five chose 7:15 a.m. as the best time to go for a run.

As for the best time to have sex, previous studies have suggested that women prefer evening sex, and that it is women who tend to choose when a couple has sex.

Last year, a study led by France’s Tenon Hospital found that couples may find it more difficult to conceive if one person is a night owl and the other a morning person.

Experts suspect this is because night owls who go to bed late and get up late prefer lazy morning sex.

If their partner is a morning person, who prefers to get up and get on with things, they usually prefer sex at night.

That means fewer times when both people are in the mood — so less chance of fathering a child.

The study of nearly 200 men and women who struggled to conceive, and 171 who conceived a child naturally within a year, identified a clear link with people’s sleep preferences.

Of the couples who had trouble conceiving, 37 percent were mismatched night owls and morning people.