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Porthcawl, Birleşik Krallık
11:29:30 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Europe/London

Porthcawl
Town in south Wales
Güncel yerel saat
11:29:30 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Saat dilimi
BST
Europe/London · UTC+01:00
Sonraki tatil
Early May Bank Holiday
4 Mayıs 2026 Pazartesi · Public
Şu an iş saati örtüşmesi
0 / 7
Reference markets are overlapping with Porthcawl right now
En yakın havalimanı
CWL
Cardiff International Airport · 27 km
İndekslenen havalimanları
15
Curated airport references available for Birleşik Krallık
Snapshot at render time: 11:29:30 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Porthcawl (UTC+01:00, BST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Sunrise and sunset
05:50 AM to 08:34 PM
Day length 14h 44m · Solar noon 01:12 PM
Next country holiday
Early May Bank Holiday
4 Mayıs 2026 Pazartesi · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Porthcawl local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
15.7K
Coordinates
51.48, -3.70
Timezone
Europe/London
İndekslenen havalimanları
15
Capital
London
Languages
English
Currency
GBP (£)
Country area
244,376 km²
Local time in Porthcawl runs on the BST, UTC+01:00 clock; with roughly 15.7K residents the city (rank #828 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Birleşik Krallık.
The coordinates 51.48°N, 3.70°W put Porthcawl roughly 5714 km from the equator in the high mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects long summer evenings and short winter afternoons.
Today the sun rises around 05:50 AM and sets around 08:34 PM in Porthcawl — about 14h 44m of daylight. Birleşik Krallık observes daylight saving time on this zone, so the offset shifts seasonally.
Bridgend (9 km from Porthcawl) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 15 curated airport pages indexed for Birleşik Krallık.
Porthcawl planners should mark 2026-05-04 (Early May Bank Holiday); that's the next national holiday signal in view.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
BST
IANA Zone
Europe/London
UTC Offset
UTC+01:00
DST Status
Observing DST
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+01:00
Algeria, Tunisia, Isle of Man, Ireland, United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, Central African Republic
Other cities in this timezone
New York
-5h
Los Angeles
-8h
Dubai
+3h
Singapore
+7h
Tokyo
+8h
Sydney
+9h
São Paulo
-4h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Porthcawl.
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Porthcawl ( ) is a town and community in the Bridgend County Borough of Wales. It is located on the south coast, 25 miles (40 km) west of Cardiff and 19 miles (31 km) south-east of Swansea.
Distance-wise, Porthcawl is closest to London (~248 km), New York (~5,335 km), Dubai (~5,718 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 17,206 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Porthcawl sits inside Birleşik Krallık — the Northern Europe subregion, capital London, languages English, currency GBP (£).
Around Porthcawl, the nearest mapped reference cities are Bridgend (9 km), Coity (11 km), Maesteg (15 km), Briton Ferry (19 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for BST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Porthcawl: Early May Bank Holiday, Spring Bank Holiday, World Cup Bank Holiday. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Birleşik Krallık.
Closest curated airport references from Porthcawl: CWL Cardiff (27 km), BRS Bristol (69 km), BHX Birmingham, West Midlands (172 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
United Kingdom pages should actively explain the switch between GMT and BST instead of assuming users already know it.
Cardiff International AirportCWL
Cardiff · 27 km from Porthcawl
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Bristol AirportBRS
Bristol · 69 km from Porthcawl
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 50m
Birmingham AirportBHX
Birmingham, West Midlands · 172 km from Porthcawl
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 58m
Liverpool John Lennon AirportLPL
Liverpool · 214 km from Porthcawl
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 1m
East Midlands AirportEMA
Nottingham, Leicestershire · 221 km from Porthcawl
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 2m
Exchange snapshot
1 GBP = 1.15 EUR · 1 GBP = 1.35 USD
As of 2026-04-29
On this day
2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
2013: A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
Coordination pulse
0 of 7 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 06:29 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:29 PM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:29 AM | +3h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 06:29 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:29 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:29 AM | +9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:29 PM | -4h | Check the overlap widget below |
Bridgend
Birleşik Krallık
Approx. 9 km away
Coity
Birleşik Krallık
Approx. 11 km away
Maesteg
Birleşik Krallık
Approx. 15 km away
Briton Ferry
Birleşik Krallık
Approx. 19 km away
Neath
Birleşik Krallık
Approx. 22 km away
Swansea
Birleşik Krallık
Approx. 23 km away
Tonypandy
Birleşik Krallık
Approx. 23 km away
Clydach
Birleşik Krallık
Approx. 26 km away
Porthcawl, Europe/London saat dilimindedir (BST), UTC farkı +01:00'dir.
Evet, Porthcawl şu anda yaz saati uygulaması (DST) yapmaktadır.
Porthcawl için güncel UTC farkı UTC+01:00'dir.
Porthcawl sits at 51.48°N, 3.70°W in Birleşik Krallık, with about 15.7K residents (rank #828 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Porthcawl is London, about 248 km away as the crow flies.
Bridgend is the closest indexed city, roughly 9 km from Porthcawl.
Cardiff International Airport (CWL) is the closest curated airport reference, about 27 km from Porthcawl.
Early May Bank Holiday is the next upcoming holiday in Birleşik Krallık, on 4 Mayıs 2026 Pazartesi.