Sunrise and sunset in Rwanda

Sunrise today: 5:42 h
Sunset today: 17:58 h

(Times for Kigali)

Times for sunrise and sunset in Rwanda won't differ much all over the year. The reason is the only fair proximity to the equator. So in summer the sun moves slightly to the north and in the winter slightly back to south, but without much change in the distance. E.g. in the Nordic countries of Europe the difference is much more extreme.

With up to approximately 12:20 hours the longest days happen to be in Dezember. In Juni a night in Kigali lasts almost 12 hours.

In these days the sun in Kigali rises at 5:42. The early sunset at 17:58 makes the day currently a bit too short.

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Average length of daylight in Kigali

sunshine duration twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Rwanda

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 December 5th., localtime in Rwanda

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Kibungo	05:40 am	05:56 pm	12:17 h
Rwamagana	05:40 am	05:56 pm	12:16 h
Byumba	05:43 am	05:57 pm	12:15 h
Kigali	05:42 am	05:58 pm	12:16 h
Gitarama	05:43 am	05:59 pm	12:16 h
Butare	05:42 am	06:00 pm	12:18 h
Musanze	05:44 am	05:59 pm	12:15 h
Nzega	05:43 am	06:01 pm	12:18 h
Kibuye	05:45 am	06:01 pm	12:16 h
Gisenyi	05:46 am	06:01 pm	12:15 h
Cyangugu	05:46 am	06:03 pm	12:18 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (Kigali)

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Januar	06:01 am	06:16 pm	12:15 h
Februar	06:07 am	06:20 pm	12:13 h
März	06:03 am	06:13 pm	12:09 h
April	05:56 am	06:02 pm	12:06 h
Mai	05:54 am	05:58 pm	12:04 h
Juni	05:58 am	06:01 pm	12:03 h
Juli	06:04 am	06:07 pm	12:03 h
August	06:01 am	06:06 pm	12:05 h
September	05:50 am	05:58 pm	12:08 h
Oktober	05:39 am	05:51 pm	12:11 h
November	05:37 am	05:51 pm	12:15 h
Dezember	05:46 am	06:03 pm	12:16 h

Where does the sun rise in Rwanda?

The sun always rises in the east, everywhere and regardless of the country or continent. The easternmost city in Rwanda is Kibungo in the region of Eastern Province. There, the sun rises at 5:40 am and sets at 5:56 pm these days. The latest sunset is currently experienced in the west in the city of Cyangugu (Western Province) at 6:03 pm.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)	07:58 am	03:56 pm	7:58 h
New York (USA)	07:02 am	04:30 pm	9:28 h
Sydney (Australia)	05:35 am	07:55 pm	14:20 h
Manila (Philippines)	06:06 am	05:26 pm	11:21 h
Moscow (Russia)	08:38 am	04:01 pm	7:23 h
Shanghai (China)	06:36 am	04:52 pm	10:16 h
Helsinki (Finland)	09:01 am	03:20 pm	6:19 h