Sunrise and sunset in Eritrea

Average length of day in Asmara

      sunshine duration       twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Eritrea

The cities are ordered by their geographic position from east to west, so in an approximate direction of the sun course. Since the orbit of the sun is elliptical, sunrise or sunset never happen on a whole longitude at the same time. All data given for October 3rd., localtime in Eritrea

Sunrise and sunset by month (Asmara)

Duration of the sunset

The distance from the equator and the path of the sun determines not only the time of sunrise and sunset. The farther a country is from the equator, the more oblique the sun's path is to the horizon. And this causes a different duration that a sunset takes. Asmara lies on the 15th degree of northern latitude and thus a good distance from the equator.While a sunset in the northern USA or central Europe can take almost an hour, in Eritrea it only lasts an average of 25 minutes. In June, it's about 25 minutes in Asmara, while in December it's 24 minutes.

International cities for comparison