Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Porthcawl

Sunrise in Porthcawl today is at 05:08:25 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:16:20 PM, giving Porthcawl 16h 7min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:23:18 AM and ends at 10:01:41 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Porthcawl or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Porthcawl. Get a full year of light data with the printable Porthcawl Photography Planner 2026.

Porthcawl lies in the temperate zone at 51.5° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Porthcawl receives 16.6 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:57 AM and sunset at 09:35 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.8 hours — a difference of 8.8 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 04:57, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:35. The evening golden hour in Porthcawl lasts about 82 minutes in summer and 86 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.