Carrickfergus in numbers
- Coordinates
- 54.7158, -5.8058
- Population
- 29 208
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 520 km away
What time is it in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
This page holds the current clock reading for Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London time zone (+1).
Carrickfergus, United Kingdom
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Carrickfergus
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:55 AM Solar noon 1:10 PM Sunset 6:25 PM Daylight 10 h 30 min Night 13 h 30 min Civil twilight 7:18 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Carrickfergus right now
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Carrickfergus and its neighbours
Postal codes
- BT38
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 Northern Ireland
- Belfast 348 005
- Londonderry County Borough 87 153
- Derry 83 652
- Lisburn 77 506
- Newtownabbey 63 860
- Bangor 61 011
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Eden — 2.4 km
- Woodburn — 2.4 km
- Kilroot — 3.5 km
- Greenisland — 4.7 km
- Ballyhill — 5.3 km
- Jordanstown — 7.0 km
Time and daylight in Carrickfergus
1 postal code is in use across Carrickfergus.
For Carrickfergus the applicable zone is Europe/London, running UTC+1. Daylight saving time: Yes.
In Carrickfergus today the sun is out from 7:55 AM until 6:25 PM. That comes to 10 h 30 min of daylight.
Carrickfergus and its neighbours Eden and Woodburn keep one clock.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Carrickfergus?
- The time zone name for Carrickfergus is Europe/London, with an offset of +1.
- Do clocks in Carrickfergus shift for daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What time is first light in Carrickfergus?
- The sun rises at 7:55 AM.