Sunset Saudi Arabia

Sunrise and sunset in Saudi Arabia

Sunrise today: 6:38 h
Sunset today: 17:27 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 6:38. The early sunset at 17:27 makes the day currently a bit too short.


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Average length of daylight in Riyadh

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 January 15th., localtime in Saudi Arabia

CitySunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Khobar06:27 am05:10 pm10:43 h
Dammam06:27 am05:10 pm10:42 h
Al Jubayl06:30 am05:10 pm10:40 h
Al Mubarraz06:27 am05:14 pm10:46 h
Al Hufuf06:27 am05:14 pm10:47 h
Riyadh06:38 am05:27 pm10:49 h
Najran06:35 am05:50 pm11:14 h
Unayzah06:51 am05:35 pm10:44 h
Buraydah06:52 am05:35 pm10:43 h
Khamis Mushait06:42 am05:54 pm11:12 h
Abha06:43 am05:55 pm11:12 h
Hayil07:03 am05:41 pm10:38 h
‘Ar‘ar07:13 am05:37 pm10:24 h
Ta’if06:57 am05:58 pm11:01 h
Sekaka07:14 am05:42 pm10:29 h
Mecca06:59 am06:00 pm11:01 h
Medina07:06 am05:55 pm10:50 h
Jeddah07:02 am06:02 pm11:00 h
Yanbu al Bahr07:11 am06:02 pm10:51 h
Tabuk07:25 am06:00 pm10:35 h


Sunrise and sunset by month (Riyadh)

MonthSunriseSunsetHours of daylight
Januar06:38 am05:27 pm10:49 h
Februar06:25 am05:48 pm11:23 h
März06:00 am06:03 pm12:02 h
April05:29 am06:16 pm12:47 h
Mai05:07 am06:30 pm13:23 h
Juni05:02 am06:44 pm13:42 h
Juli05:12 am06:46 pm13:34 h
August05:26 am06:28 pm13:02 h
September05:38 am05:58 pm12:20 h
Oktober05:50 am05:27 pm11:38 h
November06:08 am05:07 pm10:59 h
Dezember06:28 am05:08 pm10:40 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