What time is it in Ards, Ulster, Ireland
Local time right now in Ards, Ulster, Ireland appears above, in the Europe/Dublin time zone (+1).
Ards, Ireland
Sunday, 6 September 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/Dublin
Local time in Ards
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Ards.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:47 AM Solar noon 1:31 PM Sunset 8:14 PM Daylight 13 h 27 min Night 10 h 33 min Civil twilight 6:10 AM – 8:52 PM
Weather in Ards right now
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Ards and its neighbours
Postal codes
- F92 Letterkenny — 8.6 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Ulster
- Letterkenny 22 549
- Cavan 11 741
- Monaghan 7 894
- Buncrana 6 785
- Carrickmacross 5 032
- Ballybofey 4 852
Other places named Ards
- Ards Leinster, Ireland
Same time zone — Europe/Dublin
- Dublin Ireland
Nearby places
- Irineragh — 8.0 km
- Rossbrackan — 8.3 km
- Dromore — 8.5 km
- Letterkenny — 8.6 km
- Bunnagee — 8.9 km
- Manorcunningham — 9.0 km
Ards: clock, sun and surroundings
In Ards today the sun is out from 6:47 AM until 8:14 PM. That comes to 13 h 27 min of daylight.
Ramelton and Kilmacrenan sit close to Ards and run on the same clock.
1 postal code is listed for Ards.
The time zone here in Ards is Europe/Dublin, offset UTC+1. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is used in Ards?
- The time zone used in Ards is Europe/Dublin, with an offset of +1.
- Is there a daylight saving adjustment to the time in Ards?
- Yes.
- What is the sunset time for Ards?
- 8:14 PM.