Cardiff time and daylight
Caerdydd · Cardiff, Wales
Cardiff, Wales
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Sunrise and sunset calculated for 51.48°N, 3.18°W.
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- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Midsummer daylight
- 16h 38m
- Midwinter daylight
- 7h 50m
- Population
- 362,310
GMT / BST
21 June
21 December
Cardiff
About Cardiff
The Welsh capital and the country’s largest city, home to the Senedd, Cardiff Castle and the Principality Stadium. Cardiff sits on the Severn Estuary at the southern edge of Wales, which gives it the latest sunrise-to-sunset balance of any major Welsh city in midwinter.
Like everywhere else in Wales, Cardiff 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.
Across the year the swing here is considerable: from 7h 50m of daylight around the winter solstice to 16h 38m at midsummer, a difference of more than 8 hours.
Elsewhere in Wales
Comparing with somewhere further afield? Try Wales to New York or Wales to Sydney.
Cardiff time, questions
- What time is it in Cardiff?
- Cardiff 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 Cardiff?
- Sunset in Cardiff varies from around 7h 50m of daylight at the December solstice to 16h 38m in June. The table above shows today's exact sunrise and sunset, calculated from Cardiff's coordinates of 51.48°N, 3.18°W.
- Is Cardiff in a different time zone to Cardiff?
- No. Every town in Wales keeps identical clock time. Daylight here is very close to Cardiff’s.