In the title compound, [Cd(SO4)(C12H8N2)2]·C3H8O2, the CdII atom has a distorted octahedral coordination composed of four N atoms from two chelating 1,10-phenanthroline ligands and two O atoms from an O,O′-bidentate sulfate group. The two chelating NCCN groups subtend a dihedral angle of 82.21 (9)°. The CdII ion, the S atom and the middle C atom of the propane-1,3-diol solvent molecule are located on special positions, site symmetry 2. The solvate features a pair of O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds with the uncoordinated O atoms of the sulfate ion. The OH group of the propane-1,3-diol solvent is disordered over two positions of equal occupancy.