Sunrise and sunset in Iran

Sunrise today: 6:12 h
Sunset today: 17:26 h

(Times for Tehran)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Iran 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 Tehran last almost 15 hours.

In these days the sun in Tehran rises at 6:12. The early sunset at 17:26 makes the day currently a bit too short.

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Average length of daylight in Tehran

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Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Iran

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 18th., localtime in Iran

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Zahedan	05:28 am	04:54 pm	11:26 h
Mashhad	05:40 am	04:53 pm	11:13 h
Kerman	05:44 am	05:09 pm	11:24 h
Yazd	05:56 am	05:18 pm	11:21 h
Shiraz	06:02 am	05:27 pm	11:26 h
Isfahan	06:08 am	05:28 pm	11:20 h
Tehran	06:12 am	05:26 pm	11:14 h
Karaj	06:14 am	05:28 pm	11:14 h
Qom	06:13 am	05:29 pm	11:16 h
Arak	06:17 am	05:35 pm	11:17 h
Rasht	06:21 am	05:32 pm	11:11 h
Ahvaz	06:19 am	05:41 pm	11:22 h
Azadshahr	06:22 am	05:38 pm	11:16 h
Hamadan	06:23 am	05:39 pm	11:16 h
Zanjan	06:25 am	05:37 pm	11:12 h
Ardabil	06:27 am	05:36 pm	11:09 h
Kermanshah	06:28 am	05:45 pm	11:17 h
Kahriz	06:28 am	05:45 pm	11:17 h
Tabriz	06:35 am	05:44 pm	11:10 h
Orumiyeh	06:39 am	05:50 pm	11:11 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (Tehran)

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Januar	07:11 am	05:15 pm	10:04 h
Februar	06:49 am	05:47 pm	10:58 h
März	06:13 am	06:12 pm	11:59 h
April	06:29 am	07:38 pm	13:09 h
Mai	05:57 am	08:03 pm	14:06 h
Juni	05:46 am	08:23 pm	14:37 h
Juli	05:58 am	08:22 pm	14:23 h
August	06:22 am	07:55 pm	13:33 h
September	06:45 am	07:13 pm	12:27 h
Oktober	06:09 am	05:30 pm	11:21 h
November	06:38 am	04:58 pm	10:20 h
Dezember	07:05 am	04:53 pm	9:48 h

Where does the sun rise in Iran?

The sun always rises in the east, everywhere and regardless of the country or continent. The easternmost city in Iran is Zabol in the region of Sistan and Baluchestan. There, the sun rises at 5:27 am and sets at 4:50 pm these days. The latest sunset is currently experienced in the west in the city of Salmas (Azarbayjan-e Gharbi) at 5:50 pm.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)	07:36 am	06:07 pm	10:31 h
New York (USA)	07:08 am	06:14 pm	11:06 h
Sydney (Australia)	06:08 am	07:11 pm	13:03 h
Manila (Philippines)	05:46 am	05:35 pm	11:49 h
Moscow (Russia)	07:05 am	05:24 pm	10:19 h
Shanghai (China)	05:57 am	05:20 pm	11:23 h
Helsinki (Finland)	08:05 am	06:04 pm	9:59 h