Sunrise and sunset in Sao Tome and Principe

Sunrise today: 5:41 h
Sunset today: 17:49 h

(Times for São Tomé)

Sunrise and sunset in Sao Tome and Principe do not differ significantly throughout the year. The reason for this is the proximity to the equator. Thus, the sun swings north in the middle of the year and south at the turn of the year, without moving too far away. In countries like Canada or Norway, however, the difference is much more extreme.

With up to approximately 12:10 hours the longest days happen to be in June. In November a night in São Tomé lasts almost 12 hours.

During these days, the sun in São Tomé rises at 5:41. The early sunset at 17:49 makes the day currently a bit too short.

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Average length of day in São Tomé

sunshine duration twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Sao Tome and Principe

The cities are ordered by their geographic position from east to west, so in an approximate direction of the sun's course. Since the orbit around the sun is elliptical, sunrise or sunset never happen on a whole longitude at the same time. All data given for January 27th., localtime in Sao Tome and Principe

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Santo António	05:40 am	05:45 pm	12:05 h
São Tomé	05:41 am	05:49 pm	12:08 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (São Tomé)

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
January	05:38 am	05:46 pm	12:08 h
February	05:42 am	05:51 pm	12:08 h
March	05:37 am	05:46 pm	12:09 h
April	05:28 am	05:37 pm	12:09 h
May	05:24 am	05:34 pm	12:10 h
June	05:28 am	05:38 pm	12:11 h
July	05:33 am	05:44 pm	12:10 h
August	05:32 am	05:42 pm	12:10 h
September	05:23 am	05:32 pm	12:09 h
October	05:14 am	05:23 pm	12:09 h
November	05:13 am	05:21 pm	12:08 h
December	05:23 am	05:32 pm	12:08 h

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, causing sunset to last for a different duration. São Tomé lies on the 0th degree of northern latitude and thus very close to the equator. While a sunset in the northern USA or central Europe can take almost an hour, in Sao Tome and Principe, it lasts only an average of 24 minutes. Sao Tome and Principe is so close to the equator that there is no noticeable difference even between June and December.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)	07:53 am	04:44 pm	8:50 h
New York (USA)	07:09 am	05:07 pm	9:58 h
Sydney (Australia)	06:09 am	08:05 pm	13:56 h
Manila (Philippines)	06:23 am	05:53 pm	11:30 h
Moscow (Russia)	08:30 am	04:54 pm	8:24 h
Shanghai (China)	06:48 am	05:25 pm	10:37 h
Helsinki (Finland)	08:44 am	04:21 pm	7:38 h

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