Sunrise and sunset in Puerto Rico

Sunrise today: 6:45 h
Sunset today: 17:50 h
(Times for San Juan)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Puerto Rico 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 13:20 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 San Juan last almost 13 hours.

In these days the sun in San Juan rises at 6:45. The early sunset at 17:50 makes the day currently a bit too short.


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Average length of daylight in San Juan

Average length of daylight in San Juan
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Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Puerto Rico

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 December 12th., localtime in Puerto Rico

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Fajardo06:43 am05:48 pm11:05 hours
Humacao06:43 am05:49 pm11:06 hours
Carolina06:44 am05:50 pm11:05 hours
Trujillo Alto06:45 am05:50 pm11:05 hours
Caguas06:45 am05:50 pm11:06 hours
San Juan06:45 am05:50 pm11:05 hours
Guaynabo06:45 am05:50 pm11:05 hours
Guayama06:44 am05:51 pm11:07 hours
Cataño06:45 am05:50 pm11:05 hours
Bayamón06:45 am05:50 pm11:05 hours
Cayey06:45 am05:51 pm11:06 hours
Levittown06:45 am05:50 pm11:05 hours
Candelaria06:46 am05:50 pm11:05 hours
Vega Baja06:46 am05:51 pm11:05 hours
Barceloneta06:47 am05:52 pm11:05 hours
Ponce06:46 am05:53 pm11:06 hours
Arecibo06:48 am05:52 pm11:05 hours
Adjuntas06:47 am05:53 pm11:06 hours
Yauco06:47 am05:54 pm11:06 hours
Mayagüez06:49 am05:55 pm11:06 hours


Sunrise and sunset by month (San Juan)

MonthSunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Januar06:58 am06:09 pm11:11 hours
Februar06:50 am06:26 pm11:35 hours
März06:31 am06:35 pm12:04 hours
April06:06 am06:42 pm12:36 hours
Mai05:49 am06:51 pm13:02 hours
Juni05:46 am07:03 pm13:16 hours
Juli05:55 am07:05 pm13:10 hours
August06:05 am06:52 pm12:48 hours
September06:11 am06:28 pm12:17 hours
Oktober06:17 am06:03 pm11:46 hours
November06:29 am05:48 pm11:18 hours
Dezember06:47 am05:51 pm11:04 hours

International cities for comparison

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)08:05 am03:54 pm7:49 hours
New York (USA)07:09 am04:30 pm9:21 hours
Sydney (Australia)05:36 am08:01 pm14:25 hours
Manila (Philippines)06:10 am05:29 pm11:19 hours
Moscow (Russia)08:47 am03:58 pm7:12 hours
Shanghai (China)06:42 am04:53 pm10:12 hours
Helsinki (Finland)09:11 am03:15 pm6:04 hours