In Logan, what year is the story primarily set?

Logan is primarily set in the year 2029.

The film depicts an aging Wolverine living in a bleak future where mutant births have effectively ceased and very few known mutants remain. Logan works as a chauffeur while caring for an elderly and increasingly ill Charles Xavier in an abandoned location near the Mexican border.

The 2029 setting helps distinguish Logan from the main continuity of earlier X-Men films. It gives the story a western-like, end-of-an-era atmosphere and emphasizes the physical decline of characters who were previously presented as powerful superheroes.

Hugh Jackman played Logan, and Patrick Stewart played Xavier. Dafne Keen portrayed Laura, a young mutant connected to Wolverine. Although Logan was released in 2017, its story does not take place in that release year; the film’s opening title card and dialogue establish the later setting.