How to use the sunrise and sunset calculator
Choose a city from the list, or press Use my location to calculate for exactly where you are; your position stays on your device. You can also type latitude and longitude for any spot on Earth. Pick a date to see that day: sunrise and sunset with their compass directions, the length of the day and how it changed from the day before, solar noon and the height of the Sun at noon.
Below the result, the month table lists sunrise, sunset, day length, solar noon and civil twilight for every day of the month, so you can plan a trip, a photo shoot or a run in daylight.
Reading the daylight chart
The coloured bar shows the whole day from midnight to midnight: night, the three stages of twilight and daylight. Near the equator the bar has narrow twilight bands and nearly equal day and night all year. At high latitudes in summer, twilight may last all night, and above the Arctic and Antarctic circles the Sun may not set at all (midnight sun) or not rise (polar night); the calculator says so when it happens.
Why day length changes
The Earth’s axis is tilted by about 23.4°, so as the planet orbits the Sun, each hemisphere leans towards it in its summer. Days are longest at the June solstice in the northern hemisphere and at the December solstice in the southern hemisphere. Near the equinoxes in March and September, day length changes fastest: by several minutes a day at mid latitudes.
Related tools
See when the Moon rises and sets with moonrise and moonset times, check the sky tonight for visible planets, or find out when the clocks change on the daylight saving time page.