Current time in Cardiff
Wales, UK · Europe/London
Daylight
Cardiff, Wales, UK
00:00:00
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Coordinated Universal Time
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- Time zone
- BST
- UTC offset
- UTC+1
- vs Wales
- Same
- Daylight saving
- Observed
Europe/London
Identical zone
Next change 25 Oct 2026
Cardiff compared with Wales
Cardiff and Cardiff keep exactly the same clock.
Cardiff is in Wales and uses Europe/London, the same time zone as the rest of the United Kingdom. That means Greenwich Mean Time in winter and British Summer Time from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
When it is this time in Cardiff
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Other places in Wales, UK and in time zones close to Cardiff.
Cardiff time, questions
- What time is it in Cardiff right now?
- The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Cardiff, Wales, UK, updating every second. Cardiff uses the Europe/London time zone, currently BST (UTC+1).
- What is the time difference between Wales and Cardiff?
- Cardiff is on the same time as Wales, both are in the Europe/London zone, so there is no difference at any point in the year.
- Does Cardiff observe daylight saving time?
- Yes. Cardiff changes its clocks twice a year. The next change is on 25 October 2026, when the offset moves from UTC+1 to UTC.
- What time zone is Cardiff in?
- Cardiff is in the Europe/London time zone of the IANA database, shown as BST and equal to UTC+1.
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