Sunrise and sunset in Turkey

Sunrise today: 5:45 h
Sunset today: 20:04 h

(Times for Ankara)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Turkey 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 15 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 Ankara last almost 15 hours.

In these days the sun in Ankara rises at 5:45. The sunset on the other hand is currently late at 20:04 in the evening.

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Average length of daylight in Ankara

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Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Turkey

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 July 31st., localtime in Turkey

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Diyarbakir	05:20 am	07:30 pm	14:11 h
Sanliurfa	05:27 am	07:34 pm	14:07 h
Gaziantep	05:33 am	07:40 pm	14:07 h
Samsun	05:27 am	07:54 pm	14:27 h
Kayseri	05:37 am	07:51 pm	14:14 h
Adana	05:41 am	07:48 pm	14:06 h
Mercin	05:45 am	07:50 pm	14:06 h
Çankaya	05:44 am	08:04 pm	14:20 h
Ankara	05:45 am	08:04 pm	14:20 h
Konya	05:51 am	08:01 pm	14:10 h
Antalya	06:00 am	08:06 pm	14:06 h
Eskisehir	05:54 am	08:13 pm	14:19 h
Gebze	05:56 am	08:20 pm	14:24 h
Denizli	06:05 am	08:14 pm	14:10 h
Bursa	05:59 am	08:20 pm	14:21 h
Üsküdar	05:57 am	08:23 pm	14:25 h
Istanbul	05:57 am	08:23 pm	14:25 h
Bahçelievler	05:58 am	08:23 pm	14:25 h
Bagcilar	05:58 am	08:23 pm	14:25 h
Izmir	06:11 am	08:24 pm	14:13 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (Ankara)

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Januar	08:06 am	05:49 pm	9:43 h
Februar	07:39 am	06:25 pm	10:46 h
März	06:58 am	06:56 pm	11:58 h
April	06:09 am	07:28 pm	13:19 h
Mai	05:31 am	07:58 pm	14:26 h
Juni	05:17 am	08:20 pm	15:03 h
Juli	05:31 am	08:17 pm	14:47 h
August	05:59 am	07:46 pm	13:48 h
September	06:28 am	06:59 pm	12:31 h
Oktober	06:57 am	06:10 pm	11:13 h
November	07:32 am	05:34 pm	10:02 h
Dezember	08:01 am	05:26 pm	9:25 h

Where does the sun rise in Turkey?

The sun always rises in the east, everywhere and regardless of the country or continent. The easternmost city in Turkey is Semdinli in the region of Hakkâri. There, the sun rises at 5:04 am and sets at 7:12 pm these days. The latest sunset is currently experienced in the west in the city of Gökçeada (Çanakkale) at 8:33 pm.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)	05:23 am	09:02 pm	15:39 h
New York (USA)	05:50 am	08:14 pm	14:23 h
Sydney (Australia)	06:47 am	05:16 pm	10:29 h
Manila (Philippines)	05:38 am	06:26 pm	12:49 h
Moscow (Russia)	04:31 am	08:40 pm	16:09 h
Shanghai (China)	05:09 am	06:52 pm	13:43 h
Helsinki (Finland)	04:55 am	09:57 pm	17:02 h