Sunrise and sunset in Tunisia

Sunrise today: 6:30 h
Sunset today: 17:37 h

(Times for Tunis)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Tunisia are influenced by the country's moderate northern position in the hemisphere. Not as extreme as in the United States, but still noticeable. The days in summer are long and in winter short. With up to approximately 14:40 hours the longest days are in Juni. On the other hand the longest dark nights happen in winter (in the southern hemisphere it is the other way around). In Dezember a night in Tunis last almost 15 hours.

In these days the sun in Tunis rises at 6:30. The early sunset at 17:37 makes the day currently a bit too short.

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Average length of daylight in Tunis

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Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Tunisia

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 20th., localtime in Tunisia

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Zarzis	06:23 am	05:37 pm	11:14 h
Midoun	06:23 am	05:37 pm	11:14 h
Houmt Souk	06:24 am	05:38 pm	11:14 h
Monastir	06:26 am	05:36 pm	11:10 h
Saqanis	06:26 am	05:36 pm	11:10 h
Sfax	06:25 am	05:37 pm	11:12 h
Sousse	06:27 am	05:36 pm	11:10 h
Masakin	06:27 am	05:37 pm	11:10 h
Tataouine	06:25 am	05:40 pm	11:16 h
Al Marsá	06:29 am	05:37 pm	11:07 h
La Goulette	06:29 am	05:37 pm	11:07 h
Ben Arous	06:30 am	05:37 pm	11:08 h
Ariana	06:30 am	05:37 pm	11:07 h
Tunis	06:30 am	05:37 pm	11:07 h
La Mohammedia	06:30 am	05:37 pm	11:08 h
Gabès	06:27 am	05:41 pm	11:14 h
Kairouan	06:29 am	05:39 pm	11:10 h
Bizerte	06:32 am	05:38 pm	11:06 h
Kasserine	06:33 am	05:44 pm	11:11 h
Gafsa	06:33 am	05:45 pm	11:12 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (Tunis)

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Januar	07:29 am	05:28 pm	9:58 h
Februar	07:05 am	06:00 pm	10:55 h
März	06:28 am	06:27 pm	11:59 h
April	05:43 am	06:55 pm	13:12 h
Mai	05:09 am	07:21 pm	14:11 h
Juni	04:58 am	07:41 pm	14:43 h
Juli	05:10 am	07:39 pm	14:29 h
August	05:35 am	07:12 pm	13:37 h
September	06:00 am	06:28 pm	12:28 h
Oktober	06:25 am	05:44 pm	11:19 h
November	06:56 am	05:11 pm	10:15 h
Dezember	07:23 am	05:05 pm	9:42 h

Where does the sun rise in Tunisia?

The sun always rises in the east, everywhere and regardless of the country or continent. The easternmost city in Tunisia is Bin Qirdan in the region of Madanin. There, the sun rises at 6:22 am and sets at 5:37 pm these days. The latest sunset is currently experienced in the west in the city of Nefta (Tawzar) at 5:50 pm.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)	07:39 am	06:02 pm	10:23 h
New York (USA)	07:10 am	06:11 pm	11:00 h
Sydney (Australia)	06:06 am	07:13 pm	13:07 h
Manila (Philippines)	05:47 am	05:34 pm	11:47 h
Moscow (Russia)	07:09 am	05:19 pm	10:10 h
Shanghai (China)	05:59 am	05:18 pm	11:19 h
Helsinki (Finland)	08:10 am	05:59 pm	9:48 h