Brecon time and daylight
Aberhonddu · Powys, Wales
Brecon, Wales
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Sunrise and sunset calculated for 51.95°N, 3.39°W.
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- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Midsummer daylight
- 16h 43m
- Midwinter daylight
- 7h 45m
- Population
- 8,250
GMT / BST
21 June
21 December
Powys
About Brecon
A cathedral town at the northern edge of Bannau Brycheiniog (the Brecon Beacons), where the Honddu meets the Usk. The surrounding national park is an International Dark Sky Reserve.
Like everywhere else in Wales, Brecon keeps Greenwich Mean Time from late October to late March and British Summer Time for the rest of the year. There is no local time variation anywhere in the country, but daylight is a different matter. At the June solstice Brecon receives roughly 5 minutes more daylight than Cardiff, a consequence of sitting further north.
Across the year the swing here is considerable: from 7h 45m of daylight around the winter solstice to 16h 43m at midsummer, a difference of more than 8 hours.
Elsewhere in Wales
- Cardiff
- Swansea
- Newport
- Wrexham
- Bangor
- St Davids
- Aberystwyth
- Llandudno
- Caernarfon
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Barry
- Bridgend
Comparing with somewhere further afield? Try Wales to New York or Wales to Sydney.
Brecon time, questions
- What time is it in Brecon?
- Brecon uses the Europe/London time zone, the same as the whole of the United Kingdom, GMT in winter and BST in summer. The live clock above shows the current time.
- What time does the sun set in Brecon?
- Sunset in Brecon varies from around 7h 45m of daylight at the December solstice to 16h 43m in June. The table above shows today's exact sunrise and sunset, calculated from Brecon's coordinates of 51.95°N, 3.39°W.
- Is Brecon in a different time zone to Cardiff?
- No. Every town in Wales keeps identical clock time. What differs is daylight, at midsummer Brecon gets about 5 minutes more daylight than Cardiff because of its position further north.