Sunrise and sunset in Pakistan

Sunrise today: 6:12 h
Sunset today: 17:34 h

(Times for Islamabad)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Pakistan 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 14:30 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 Islamabad last almost 15 hours.

In these days the sun in Islamabad rises at 6:12. The early sunset at 17:34 makes the day currently a bit too short.

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Average length of daylight in Islamabad

sunshine duration twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Pakistan

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 16th., localtime in Pakistan

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Sialkot	06:05 am	05:29 pm	11:24 h
Lahore	06:05 am	05:31 pm	11:26 h
Gujranwala	06:06 am	05:31 pm	11:25 h
Bhimbar	06:07 am	05:30 pm	11:24 h
Sheikhupura	06:06 am	05:32 pm	11:26 h
Kotli	06:08 am	05:31 pm	11:23 h
Muzaffarabad	06:11 am	05:32 pm	11:21 h
Faisalabad	06:10 am	05:36 pm	11:26 h
Rawalpindi	06:12 am	05:34 pm	11:22 h
Islamabad	06:12 am	05:34 pm	11:22 h
Sargodha	06:12 am	05:37 pm	11:25 h
Mingora	06:15 am	05:36 pm	11:20 h
Jhang Sadr	06:13 am	05:39 pm	11:26 h
Bahawalpur	06:14 am	05:43 pm	11:29 h
Peshawar	06:18 am	05:40 pm	11:22 h
Multan	06:15 am	05:43 pm	11:28 h
Sukkur	06:24 am	05:56 pm	11:32 h
Hyderabad	06:24 am	05:59 pm	11:35 h
Karachi	06:29 am	06:05 pm	11:36 h
Quetta	06:33 am	06:01 pm	11:28 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (Islamabad)

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Januar	07:10 am	05:23 pm	10:13 h
Februar	06:50 am	05:53 pm	11:03 h
März	06:16 am	06:16 pm	11:60 h
April	05:35 am	06:39 pm	13:04 h
Mai	05:05 am	07:02 pm	13:57 h
Juni	04:55 am	07:21 pm	14:26 h
Juli	05:07 am	07:20 pm	14:14 h
August	05:28 am	06:56 pm	13:27 h
September	05:49 am	06:16 pm	12:26 h
Oktober	06:11 am	05:35 pm	11:24 h
November	06:38 am	05:06 pm	10:28 h
Dezember	07:03 am	05:02 pm	9:59 h

Where does the sun rise in Pakistan?

The sun always rises in the east, everywhere and regardless of the country or continent. The easternmost city in Pakistan is Shakargarr in the region of Punjab. There, the sun rises at 6:02 am and sets at 5:27 pm these days. The latest sunset is currently experienced in the west in the city of Jiwani (Balochistan) at 6:26 pm.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)	07:32 am	06:11 pm	10:39 h
New York (USA)	07:07 am	06:15 pm	11:08 h
Sydney (Australia)	06:11 am	07:10 pm	12:59 h
Manila (Philippines)	05:46 am	05:36 pm	11:50 h
Moscow (Russia)	07:00 am	05:29 pm	10:28 h
Shanghai (China)	05:56 am	05:23 pm	11:27 h
Helsinki (Finland)	08:01 am	06:10 pm	10:10 h