Portrush in numbers
- Coordinates
- 55.1959, -6.6493
- Population
- 6 684
- Region
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 596 km away
What time is it in Portrush, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
This page shows what the clocks read right now in Portrush, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, in the Europe/London zone (+1).
Portrush, United Kingdom
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Portrush
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Portrush, Northern Ireland.
The sun today
Sunrise 8:01 AM Solar noon 1:13 PM Sunset 6:25 PM Daylight 10 h 24 min Night 13 h 36 min Civil twilight 7:24 AM – 7:02 PM
Weather in Portrush right now
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Portrush and its neighbours
Postal codes
- BT56
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
- Portstewart — 4.4 km
- Cloyfin — 5.5 km
- Lissanduff — 6.9 km
- Portballintrae — 7.0 km
- Coleraine — 7.0 km
- Bushmills — 8.3 km
Time and daylight in Portrush
1 postal code correspond to Portrush.
For Portrush the applicable zone is Europe/London, running UTC+1. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Today the day starts in Portrush at 8:01 AM with sunrise and ends at 6:25 PM with sunset. Daylight lasts 10 h 24 min.
Same time, different place: Portstewart and Cloyfin near Portrush.
Questions and answers
- What time zone applies in Portrush?
- In Portrush, the applicable time zone is Europe/London, with an offset of +1.
- Is the hour in Portrush changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- Yes.
- When is the sun up in Portrush?
- The sun comes up at 8:01 AM.