Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Wales
• Level 2: Bridgend county borough
• Level 3: Porthcawl

Current local time in Porthcawl:

05:28 PM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Porthcawl on map:^[1]

Porthcawl GPS coordinates^[2]

51° 28' 44.508" North, 3° 42' 13.032" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	51.91484°,	-4.40675°
Center:	51.47903°,	-3.70362°
Lower-right:	51.03902°,	-3.0005°
Map W x H:	97.4×97.4 km	= 60.5×60.5mi

max Lat:	60.39635°   ⇑78.5% North
Porthcawl:	51.47903°
min Lat:	⇓21.5% South 34.60088°

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min Long	Porthcawl	max Long
-7.64133°	-3.70362°	32.95536°
W 15.3%⇐		⇒84.7% E

Elevation

Elevation of Porthcawl is 12 m = 39 ft, and this is 60.9 m = 200 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	515 m = 1690 ft	89.9%
Avg.	72.9 m = 239 ft
Porthcawl	12 m = 39 ft
Min E:	-30 m = -98 ft	10.1%

See also: United Kingdom elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Porthcawl is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1677.2 km =1042.2 mi to North.

Distance of	km	miles	from Porthcawl
North Pole	4283.1	2661.4	to North
Arctic Circle	1677.2	1042.2	to North
Tropic Cancer	3118	1937.4	to South
Equator	5723.9	3556.7	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Porthcawl: (largest is in red/bold)

• Aberkenfig 10.1 km =6.3 mi, 47°
• Betws 12.8 km =8 mi, 38°
• Bridgend 9.2 km =5.7 mi, 71°
• Cefn Cribwr 6.8 km =4.2 mi, 31°
• Coity 11.3 km =7 mi, 65°
• Ewenny 9 km =5.6 mi, 88°
• Llangan 14.1 km =8.8 mi, 86°
• Llangeinor 14.2 km =8.8 mi, 40°
• Merthyr Mawr 6.6 km =4.1 mi, 83°
• Ogmore-by-Sea 5.5 km =3.4 mi, 112°
• Pont Rhyd-y-cyff 12.9 km =8 mi, 21°
• Port Talbot 13.7 km =8.5 mi, 337°
• Pyle 4.2 km =2.6 mi, 3°
• Taibach 12.4 km =7.7 mi, 339°
• Wick 11.6 km =7.2 mi, 112°

In other languages:

• In Chinese: 波斯考尔