Pontefract in numbers
- Coordinates
- 53.6911, -1.3127
- Population
- 44 710
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 256 km away
What time is it in Pontefract, England, United Kingdom
This page holds the current clock reading for Pontefract, England, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London time zone (+0).
Pontefract, United Kingdom
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+0 · Europe/London
Local time in Pontefract
UTC+0 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Pontefract, England.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:21 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 4:20 PM Daylight 8 h 59 min Night 15 h 01 min Civil twilight 6:43 AM – 4:58 PM
Weather in Pontefract right now
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Pontefract and its neighbours
Postal codes
- WF8
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 England
- London 8 961 989
- Birmingham 1 157 603
- Manchester 568 996
- Sheffield 556 500
- Leeds 536 280
- Liverpool 496 770
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Low Valley — 18.6 km
- Barnburgh — 18.8 km
- Harlington — 19.4 km
- Bolton Upon Dearne — 19.4 km
- Broomhill — 19.4 km
- Wombwell — 19.6 km
About the time in Pontefract
Today Pontefract sees sunrise at 7:21 AM, sunset at 4:20 PM. Daylight comes out to 8 h 59 min.
Places close to Pontefract, among them Low Valley and Barnburgh, share its time.
Pontefract spans 1 postal code.
Local time in Pontefract comes from the Europe/London zone, UTC+0. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone governs the clock in Pontefract?
- The clock in Pontefract follows Europe/London, with an offset of +0.
- Does the local time in Pontefract include a summer time period?
- No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Pontefract — what times?
- 7:21 AM and 4:20 PM.