Sunset Zimbabwe

Sunrise and sunset in Zimbabwe

Sunrise today: 5:18 h
Sunset today: 18:01 h
(Times for Harare)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Zimbabwe 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. Harare is positioned near the 18 southern latitude. For comparison: New York's latitude is 40th in the north, having a much longer distance to the equator.

With up to 13:10 hours the longest days are in Dezember. In Juni a night in Harare lasts almost 13 hours.

Who wants to look at the sunrise in these days, has to wake up early. Sunrise in Harare starts already at 5:18 in the morning. The Sunset can currently be watched at about 18:01 Uhr in the early evening.


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Average length of daylight in Harare

Average length of daylight in Harare
      sunshine duration       twilight phase


Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Zimbabwe

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 25th., localtime in Zimbabwe

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Mutare05:10 am05:55 pm12:45 h
Rusape05:13 am05:57 pm12:44 h
Chiredzi05:12 am06:01 pm12:49 h
Marondera05:16 am05:59 pm12:43 h
Bindura05:17 am05:59 pm12:42 h
Chitungwiza05:18 am06:01 pm12:43 h
Harare05:18 am06:01 pm12:43 h
Masvingo05:16 am06:04 pm12:47 h
Norton05:19 am06:02 pm12:43 h
Chinhoyi05:22 am06:03 pm12:42 h
Chegutu05:21 am06:05 pm12:43 h
Zvishavane05:19 am06:07 pm12:48 h
Beitbridge05:17 am06:09 pm12:52 h
Kadoma05:22 am06:06 pm12:44 h
Gweru05:21 am06:07 pm12:46 h
Kwekwe05:22 am06:07 pm12:45 h
Redcliff05:22 am06:07 pm12:45 h
Bulawayo05:25 am06:13 pm12:48 h
Hwange05:36 am06:19 pm12:44 h
Victoria Falls05:39 am06:22 pm12:43 h


Sunrise and sunset by month (Harare)

MonthSunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Januar05:31 am06:38 pm13:07 h
Februar05:48 am06:31 pm12:43 h
März05:57 am06:11 pm12:14 h
April06:04 am05:47 pm11:43 h
Mai06:12 am05:31 pm11:19 h
Juni06:23 am05:29 pm11:06 h
Juli06:25 am05:37 pm11:12 h
August06:13 am05:46 pm11:33 h
September05:49 am05:51 pm12:02 h
Oktober05:25 am05:57 pm12:32 h
November05:10 am06:10 pm12:60 h
Dezember05:14 am06:28 pm13:14 h

International cities for comparison

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)06:49 am04:51 pm10:03 h
New York (USA)07:17 am06:02 pm10:45 h
Sydney (Australia)05:59 am07:19 pm13:20 h
Manila (Philippines)05:48 am05:31 pm11:43 h
Moscow (Russia)07:22 am05:04 pm9:43 h
Shanghai (China)06:03 am05:12 pm11:08 h
Helsinki (Finland)07:26 am04:41 pm9:15 h