Sunset Israel

Sunrise and sunset in Israel

Sunrise today: 6:38 h
Sunset today: 16:59 h
(Times for Jerusalem)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Israel 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 14:20 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 Jerusalem last almost 14 hours.

In these days the sun in Jerusalem rises at 6:38. The early sunset at 16:59 makes the day currently a bit too short.


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Average length of daylight in Jerusalem

Average length of daylight in Jerusalem
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Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Israel

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 January 15th., localtime in Israel

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Jerusalem06:38 am04:59 pm10:21 h
Modiin06:39 am04:59 pm10:21 h
Bet Shemesh06:38 am05:00 pm10:21 h
Haifa06:41 am04:57 pm10:17 h
Kfar Saba06:40 am04:59 pm10:19 h
Hadera06:40 am04:58 pm10:18 h
Lod06:39 am05:00 pm10:20 h
Petah Tiqwa06:40 am04:59 pm10:20 h
Ra'anana06:40 am04:59 pm10:19 h
Netanya06:40 am04:59 pm10:19 h
Bené Beraq06:40 am05:00 pm10:20 h
Herzliyya06:40 am04:59 pm10:19 h
Ramat Gan06:40 am05:00 pm10:20 h
Beersheba06:38 am05:01 pm10:23 h
Rishon LeZiyyon06:40 am05:00 pm10:20 h
Tel Aviv06:40 am05:00 pm10:20 h
Holon06:40 am05:00 pm10:20 h
Bat Yam06:40 am05:00 pm10:20 h
Ashdod06:40 am05:01 pm10:21 h
Ashqelon06:40 am05:01 pm10:22 h


Sunrise and sunset by month (Jerusalem)

MonthSunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Januar06:38 am04:59 pm10:21 h
Februar06:19 am05:26 pm11:07 h
März05:47 am05:48 pm12:01 h
April06:08 am07:09 pm13:00 h
Mai05:40 am07:30 pm13:50 h
Juni05:31 am07:47 pm14:16 h
Juli05:43 am07:47 pm14:04 h
August06:02 am07:24 pm13:21 h
September06:22 am06:46 pm12:25 h
Oktober06:41 am06:08 pm11:27 h
November06:06 am04:41 pm10:35 h
Dezember06:30 am04:38 pm10:08 h

International cities for comparison

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)08:07 am04:24 pm8:17 h
New York (USA)07:16 am04:55 pm9:39 h
Sydney (Australia)05:59 am08:10 pm14:11 h
Manila (Philippines)06:23 am05:47 pm11:24 h
Moscow (Russia)08:46 am04:31 pm7:45 h
Shanghai (China)06:51 am05:16 pm10:24 h
Helsinki (Finland)09:05 am03:53 pm6:48 h