Sunrise and sunset in South Africa

Sunrise today: 6:21 h
Sunset today: 17:53 h

(Times for Pretoria)

The times of sunrise and sunset in South Africa are caused by the southern position in the hemisphere. Not that far in the south, but quite noticable the longest days are in winter months, while the shortest days fall into our summer. In the northern hemisphere it is vice versa. Pretoria is positioned near the 26 southern latitude. For comparison: New York's latitude is 40th in the north, having a much longer distance to the equator.

With up to 13:50 hours the longest days are in Dezember. In Juni a night in Pretoria lasts almost 14 hours.

In these days the sun in Pretoria rises at 6:21. The early sunset at 17:53 makes the day currently a bit too short.

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Average length of daylight in Pretoria

sunshine duration twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of South Africa

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 April 14th., localtime in South Africa

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Richards Bay	06:08 am	05:35 pm	11:28 h
Durban	06:13 am	05:39 pm	11:26 h
Pietermaritzburg	06:15 am	05:41 pm	11:26 h
Newcastle	06:15 am	05:45 pm	11:29 h
Witbank	06:17 am	05:49 pm	11:32 h
Brakpan	06:20 am	05:52 pm	11:32 h
Benoni	06:20 am	05:52 pm	11:32 h
Boksburg	06:21 am	05:53 pm	11:32 h
Tembisa	06:21 am	05:53 pm	11:32 h
Pretoria	06:21 am	05:53 pm	11:33 h
Johannesburg	06:22 am	05:54 pm	11:32 h
Vereeniging	06:22 am	05:54 pm	11:31 h
East London	06:28 am	05:48 pm	11:20 h
Vanderbijlpark	06:23 am	05:54 pm	11:31 h
Krugersdorp	06:23 am	05:55 pm	11:32 h
Welkom	06:28 am	05:57 pm	11:29 h
Botshabelo	06:29 am	05:56 pm	11:27 h
Bloemfontein	06:31 am	05:58 pm	11:27 h
Port Elizabeth	06:38 am	05:57 pm	11:19 h
Cape Town	07:07 am	06:25 pm	11:19 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (Pretoria)

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Januar	05:28 am	07:04 pm	13:36 h
Februar	05:51 am	06:50 pm	12:59 h
März	06:07 am	06:24 pm	12:17 h
April	06:21 am	05:52 pm	11:31 h
Mai	06:36 am	05:30 pm	10:54 h
Juni	06:50 am	05:25 pm	10:35 h
Juli	06:51 am	05:34 pm	10:43 h
August	06:34 am	05:49 pm	11:15 h
September	06:03 am	06:01 pm	11:59 h
Oktober	05:31 am	06:14 pm	12:44 h
November	05:09 am	06:34 pm	13:25 h
Dezember	05:09 am	06:55 pm	13:47 h

Where does the sun rise in South Africa?

The sun always rises in the east, everywhere and regardless of the country or continent. The easternmost city in South Africa is Richards Bay in the region of KwaZulu-Natal. There, the sun rises at 6:08 am and sets at 5:35 pm these days. The latest sunset is currently experienced in the west in the city of Springbok (Northern Cape) at 6:31 pm.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)	06:08 am	08:05 pm	13:57 h
New York (USA)	06:18 am	07:34 pm	13:17 h
Sydney (Australia)	06:15 am	05:35 pm	11:20 h
Manila (Philippines)	05:41 am	06:10 pm	12:29 h
Moscow (Russia)	05:24 am	07:35 pm	14:11 h
Shanghai (China)	05:26 am	06:22 pm	12:57 h
Helsinki (Finland)	06:02 am	08:38 pm	14:36 h