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Municipality

Pontardawe

Located in Neath Port Talbot, Wales Coordinates: 51°44′19″ N 3°52′41″ W

Map showing the location of Pontardawe Pontardawe
Location in United Kingdom
Elevation
205 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
Places inside
9
listed under Pontardawe
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
CWL Cardiff International Airport53 km
BRS Bristol Airport90 km

About Pontardawe

Pontardawe is a municipality. Location: Neath Port Talbot, Wales. Elevation: 205 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (53 km). Nearby sights include Cae Castell and Craig yr Allt.

Climate of Pontardawe

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A wet month

Day 10° · Night 5° · Rain 152 mm

Hottest month
July (day 19°)
Coldest month
February (night 2°)
Wettest month
November (152 mm)
Driest month
May (75 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Pontardawe
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)7°7°9°11°15°17°19°19°16°13°10°8°
Average low (°C)2°2°3°4°7°10°12°12°10°8°5°3°
Precipitation (mm)14410110980758382101113136152148

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Pontardawe

The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 53 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Swansea, 14 km to the south.

Airports

  • Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 53 kmsoutheast
  • Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 90 kmsoutheast
  • Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 116 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

  • Swansea Population: 300.4K 14 kmsouth
  • Cardiff Population: 372.1K 56 kmsoutheast
  • Newport Population: 161.5K 63 kmeast
  • Bristol Population: 479K 94 kmeast
  • Bath Population: 101.6K 113 kmeast

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Pontardawe

Within 100 km: 845 historic and cultural sites, 2,066 natural sites, 193 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km251 places

  • Ynys Isaf Island 24 kmW
  • Middle Head Island 20 kmS
  • Trichrug Mountain 17 kmN
  • Mynydd Pen-bre Mountain 23 kmW

25–60 km965 places

  • Worms Head Island 36 kmSW
  • Caldey Island Island 57 kmW
  • Saint Margaret’s Island Island 59 kmW
  • Barry Island Island 56 kmSE

60–100 km1,888 places

  • St Justinian Natural site 100 kmW
  • Porth Clais Natural site 98 kmW
  • Port Selau Natural site 100 kmW
  • Poppit Sands Beach 70 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Pontardawe

9 places
  1. 1 Pontardawe 7.2K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages4

Mountains & nature4

Nearby attractions & nature

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