Swansea time and daylight
Abertawe · Swansea, Wales
Swansea, Wales
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Sunrise and sunset calculated for 51.62°N, 3.94°W.
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- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Midsummer daylight
- 16h 40m
- Midwinter daylight
- 7h 48m
- Population
- 246,466
GMT / BST
21 June
21 December
Swansea
About Swansea
Wales’ second city, set on Swansea Bay at the gateway to the Gower Peninsula, the UK’s first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Being roughly 50 miles west of Cardiff, Swansea sees the sun rise about three minutes later.
Like everywhere else in Wales, Swansea 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 Swansea receives roughly 2 minutes more daylight than Cardiff, a consequence of sitting further north.
Across the year the swing here is considerable: from 7h 48m of daylight around the winter solstice to 16h 40m 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.
Swansea time, questions
- What time is it in Swansea?
- Swansea 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 Swansea?
- Sunset in Swansea varies from around 7h 48m of daylight at the December solstice to 16h 40m in June. The table above shows today's exact sunrise and sunset, calculated from Swansea's coordinates of 51.62°N, 3.94°W.
- Is Swansea in a different time zone to Cardiff?
- No. Every town in Wales keeps identical clock time. What differs is daylight, at midsummer Swansea gets about 2 minutes more daylight than Cardiff because of its position further north.