Sunrise and sunset in Saudi Arabia

Sunrise today: 5:56 h
Sunset today: 17:17 h

(Times for Riyadh)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Saudi Arabia 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 13:40 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 Riyadh last almost 14 hours.

In these days the sun in Riyadh rises at 5:56. The early sunset at 17:17 makes the day currently a bit too short.

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Average length of daylight in Riyadh

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Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Saudi Arabia

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 28th., localtime in Saudi Arabia

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Khobar	05:44 am	05:01 pm	11:17 h
Dammam	05:45 am	05:01 pm	11:16 h
Al Jubayl	05:47 am	05:02 pm	11:15 h
Al Mubarraz	05:46 am	05:04 pm	11:19 h
Al Hufuf	05:46 am	05:04 pm	11:19 h
Riyadh	05:56 am	05:17 pm	11:20 h
Najran	05:59 am	05:35 pm	11:35 h
Unayzah	06:09 am	05:26 pm	11:17 h
Buraydah	06:09 am	05:26 pm	11:17 h
Khamis Mushait	06:05 am	05:39 pm	11:34 h
Abha	06:06 am	05:40 pm	11:34 h
Hayil	06:20 am	05:33 pm	11:14 h
‘Ar‘ar	06:26 am	05:32 pm	11:06 h
Ta’if	06:18 am	05:45 pm	11:28 h
Sekaka	06:28 am	05:37 pm	11:08 h
Mecca	06:20 am	05:48 pm	11:27 h
Medina	06:24 am	05:45 pm	11:21 h
Jeddah	06:23 am	05:50 pm	11:27 h
Yanbu al Bahr	06:30 am	05:52 pm	11:22 h
Tabuk	06:41 am	05:53 pm	11:12 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (Riyadh)

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Januar	06:38 am	05:27 pm	10:49 h
Februar	06:25 am	05:48 pm	11:23 h
März	06:00 am	06:03 pm	12:02 h
April	05:29 am	06:16 pm	12:47 h
Mai	05:07 am	06:30 pm	13:23 h
Juni	05:02 am	06:44 pm	13:42 h
Juli	05:12 am	06:46 pm	13:34 h
August	05:26 am	06:28 pm	13:02 h
September	05:38 am	05:58 pm	12:20 h
Oktober	05:50 am	05:27 pm	11:38 h
November	06:08 am	05:07 pm	10:59 h
Dezember	06:28 am	05:08 pm	10:40 h

Where does the sun rise in Saudi Arabia?

The sun always rises in the east, everywhere and regardless of the country or continent. The easternmost city in Saudi Arabia is Khobar in the region of Eastern Province. There, the sun rises at 5:44 am and sets at 5:01 pm these days. The latest sunset is currently experienced in the west in the city of Duba (Mintaqat Tabuk) at 5:58 pm.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)	07:54 am	05:46 pm	9:52 h
New York (USA)	07:19 am	06:00 pm	10:40 h
Sydney (Australia)	05:57 am	07:20 pm	13:23 h
Manila (Philippines)	05:49 am	05:30 pm	11:41 h
Moscow (Russia)	07:25 am	05:00 pm	9:35 h
Shanghai (China)	06:05 am	05:10 pm	11:05 h
Helsinki (Finland)	08:31 am	05:36 pm	9:06 h