United Kingdom
Time now in Porthcawl
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Sunrise 06:16Sunset 08:18Time zone UTC +1
Time zone
Europe/London
UTC offset
UTC +1
Daylight saving
In effect now
Population
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Sunrise
06:16
Sunset
08:18
Day length
14h 02m
Coordinates
51.49, -3.70
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About the time in Porthcawl
Porthcawl runs on Europe/London, which puts the city UTC +1 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Porthcawl follows the civil time used across its region of United Kingdom; there is no separate local reckoning inside the city.
Porthcawl is on daylight saving time at the moment, which is why the offset reads UTC +1 instead of its winter value. Clocks go back on 25 October 2026, and anything scheduled across that date shifts by an hour.
Frequently asked questions about time in Porthcawl
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Porthcawl?
- Porthcawl is UTC +1 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Does Porthcawl change its clocks for daylight saving?
- Yes, and it is in effect now. Clocks change again on 25 October 2026.
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Europe/London, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- What time is it in Porthcawl right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Porthcawl, updating every second from Europe/London (UTC +1).
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