
Sunrise and sunset in Sao Tome and Principe
Sunrise today: 5:25 h
Sunset today: 17:35 h
(Times for São Tomé)Sunset today: 17:35 h
Times for sunrise and sunset in Sao Tome and Principe 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 12:10 hours the longest days happen to be in June. In November a night in São Tomé lasts almost 12 hours.
Who wants to look at the sunrise in these days, has to wake up early. Sunrise in São Tomé starts already at 5:25 in the morning. The early sunset at 17:35 makes the day currently a bit too short.
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Average length of day in São Tomé

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

City | Sunrise | Sunset | Hours of daylight |
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Santo António | 05:20 am | 05:34 pm | 12:15 h |
São Tomé | 05:25 am | 05:35 pm | 12:10 h |
Sunrise and sunset by month (São Tomé)
Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Hours of daylight |
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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. And this causes a different duration that a sunset takes. 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 only lasts an average of 23 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 |
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Berlin (Germany) | 04:51 am | 09:15 pm | 16:23 h |
New York (USA) | 05:27 am | 08:18 pm | 14:51 h |
Sydney (Australia) | 06:47 am | 04:57 pm | 10:10 h |
Manila (Philippines) | 05:24 am | 06:21 pm | 12:57 h |
Moscow (Russia) | 03:55 am | 08:58 pm | 17:03 h |
Shanghai (China) | 04:50 am | 06:52 pm | 14:02 h |
Helsinki (Finland) | 04:10 am | 10:24 pm | 18:14 h |