Porthcawl in numbers
- Coordinates
- 51.4790, -3.7036
- Population
- 15 672
- Region
- Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom, Europe
- Capital
- London — 248 km away
What time is it in Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom
The clock above shows the current local time in Porthcawl, Wales, United Kingdom, which uses Europe/London (+1).
Porthcawl, United Kingdom
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+1 · Europe/London
Local time in Porthcawl
UTC+1 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Porthcawl.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:55 AM Solar noon 1:00 PM Sunset 6:05 PM Daylight 10 h 11 min Night 13 h 49 min Civil twilight 7:20 AM – 6:40 PM
Weather in Porthcawl right now
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Porthcawl and its neighbours
Postal codes
- CF36
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 Wales
Same time zone — Europe/London
- London United Kingdom
- Birmingham United Kingdom
- Glasgow United Kingdom
Nearby places
- Nottage — 1.3 km
- Newton — 1.9 km
- South Cornelly — 3.6 km
- Cornelly — 4.3 km
- Tythegston — 4.3 km
- Kenfig — 4.6 km
Porthcawl: clock, sun and surroundings
Neighbours of Porthcawl such as Nottage and Newton share its clock.
1 codes are used to address mail in Porthcawl.
The name of the time zone in Porthcawl is Europe/London, and it runs UTC+1. Daylight saving time: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:55 AM in Porthcawl and down again at 6:05 PM. Between those times there are 10 h 11 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Porthcawl identified?
- The time zone for Porthcawl is identified as Europe/London, with an offset of +1.
- Does Porthcawl go on summer time?
- Daylight saving in Porthcawl: Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Porthcawl?
- At 6:05 PM.