Look up the exact time darkness falls in Cardiff, Wales for any date of the year. Sunset times, civil dusk, full twilight schedule, and daylight changes.
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Today — Wednesday, November 4, 2026
It gets dark at 05:16 PM in Cardiff
Sunrise
07:11 AM
Sunset
04:40 PM
Gets Dark
05:16 PM
Day Length
9h 29m
Cardiff is losing 3m 30s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on December 11 at 4:43 PM and latest on June 24 at 10:21 PM, a swing of 5 h 38 min across the year.
The longest day brings 16 h 38 min of daylight and the shortest just 7 h 50 min. The earliest dusk comes about 10 days away from the shortest day, because Earth's oval orbit shifts solar noon through the year.
After sunset, twilight lasts about 33 min at the March equinox and stretches to 48 min in midsummer. Near the equator it is only about 21 min year-round.
In Cardiff, on 119 evenings it stays light until after 9 pm, while on 112 days it is dark before 6 pm.
Cardiff sits close to the middle of its time zone, so the sun is highest within 11 min of noon on standard time.
Cardiff lies 5,725 km (3,557 miles) north of the equator at 51.48°N.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom for any day of the year. The interactive tool above lets you pick any date to see the precise sunset time, civil dusk (when true darkness begins), and the full twilight schedule including nautical and astronomical dawn and dusk.
Cardiff is located at latitude 51.48° and longitude -3.18°. The time darkness falls changes throughout the year based on Earth's axial tilt — earlier in winter, later in summer. Use the date picker above to check any date.
Whether you're planning trick-or-treating for Halloween, a fireworks display, an outdoor wedding, or an evening event in Cardiff, knowing the exact time darkness falls is essential. This tool calculates civil dusk — when the sun drops 6 degrees below the horizon — for any date at Cardiff's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight Cardiff is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.