Sunrise and sunset in Uruguay

Sunrise today: 7:46 h
Sunset today: 17:56 h
(Times for Montevideo)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Uruguay 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. Montevideo is positioned near the 35 southern latitude. For comparison: New York's latitude is 40th in the north, having a much longer distance to the equator.

With up to 14:30 hours the longest days are in Dezember. In Juni a night in Montevideo lasts almost 15 hours.

In these days the sun in Montevideo rises at 7:46. The early sunset at 17:56 makes the day currently a bit too short.


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Average length of daylight in Montevideo

Average length of daylight in Montevideo
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Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Uruguay

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 July 20th., localtime in Uruguay

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Melo07:32 am05:53 pm10:21 hours
Rocha07:37 am05:49 pm10:12 hours
Treinta y Tres07:35 am05:52 pm10:17 hours
San Carlos07:40 am05:51 pm10:10 hours
Maldonado07:41 am05:51 pm10:10 hours
Minas07:41 am05:53 pm10:12 hours
Rivera07:35 am06:02 pm10:27 hours
Pando07:44 am05:55 pm10:11 hours
Tacuarembó07:38 am06:02 pm10:24 hours
Montevideo07:46 am05:56 pm10:10 hours
Florida07:44 am05:58 pm10:14 hours
Las Piedras07:45 am05:56 pm10:11 hours
Artigas07:37 am06:06 pm10:29 hours
Durazno07:44 am06:00 pm10:17 hours
San José de Mayo07:46 am05:59 pm10:13 hours
Colonia del Sacramento07:51 am06:03 pm10:12 hours
Salto07:45 am06:10 pm10:25 hours
Mercedes07:49 am06:07 pm10:17 hours
Paysandú07:48 am06:09 pm10:21 hours
Fray Bentos07:50 am06:08 pm10:18 hours


Sunrise and sunset by month (Montevideo)

MonthSunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Januar05:45 am08:02 pm14:17 hours
Februar06:17 am07:40 pm13:23 hours
März06:42 am07:04 pm12:22 hours
April07:07 am06:22 pm11:15 hours
Mai07:30 am05:51 pm10:21 hours
Juni07:49 am05:41 pm9:52 hours
Juli07:48 am05:52 pm10:04 hours
August07:23 am06:14 pm10:51 hours
September06:42 am06:37 pm11:54 hours
Oktober06:00 am07:00 pm12:59 hours
November05:29 am07:29 pm13:60 hours
Dezember05:23 am07:55 pm14:32 hours

International cities for comparison

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)05:06 am09:19 pm16:14 hours
New York (USA)05:40 am08:24 pm14:44 hours
Sydney (Australia)06:54 am05:08 pm10:14 hours
Manila (Philippines)05:34 am06:29 pm12:55 hours
Moscow (Russia)04:11 am09:00 pm16:50 hours
Shanghai (China)05:01 am06:59 pm13:57 hours
Helsinki (Finland)04:29 am10:24 pm17:55 hours