
Sunrise and sunset on the Cocos Islands
Sunrise today: 6:12 h
Sunset today: 17:46 h
(Times for West Island)Sunset today: 17:46 h
Times for sunrise and sunset on the Cocos Islands won't differ much all over the year. The reason is the only fair proximity to the equator. So in summer the sun moves slightly to the north and in the winter slightly back to south, but without much change in the distance. E.g. in the Nordic countries of Europe the difference is much more extreme.
With up to approximately 12:50 hours the longest days happen to be in December. In June a night in West Island lasts almost 13 hours.
In these days the sun in West Island rises at 6:12. The early sunset at 17:46 makes the day currently a bit too short.
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Average length of day in West Island

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

City | Sunrise | Sunset | Hours of daylight |
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West Island | 06:12 am | 05:46 pm | 11:34 h |
Sunrise and sunset by month (West Island)
Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Hours of daylight |
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January | 05:48 am | 06:35 pm | 12:48 h |
February | 06:01 am | 06:32 pm | 12:31 h |
March | 06:05 am | 06:18 pm | 12:13 h |
April | 06:06 am | 05:58 pm | 11:52 h |
May | 06:11 am | 05:46 pm | 11:36 h |
June | 06:19 am | 05:46 pm | 11:27 h |
July | 06:23 am | 05:54 pm | 11:31 h |
August | 06:14 am | 05:59 pm | 11:45 h |
September | 05:56 am | 05:59 pm | 12:04 h |
October | 05:36 am | 06:00 pm | 12:24 h |
November | 05:25 am | 06:08 pm | 12:43 h |
December | 05:31 am | 06:23 pm | 12:52 h |
Duration of the sunset
The distance from the equator and the path of the sun determines not only the time of sunrise and sunset. The farther a country is from the equator, the more oblique the sun's path is to the horizon. And this causes a different duration that a sunset takes. West Island lies on the 12th degree of southern latitude and thus a good distance from the equator. While a sunset in the northern USA or central Europe can take almost an hour, on the Cocos Islands it only lasts an average of 23 minutes. The Cocos Islands is so close to the equator that there is no noticeable difference even between June and December.International cities for comparison
City | Sunrise | Sunset | Hours of daylight |
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Berlin (Germany) | 05:01 am | 09:03 pm | 16:02 h |
New York (USA) | 05:33 am | 08:11 pm | 14:38 h |
Sydney (Australia) | 06:41 am | 05:01 pm | 10:20 h |
Manila (Philippines) | 05:26 am | 06:18 pm | 12:53 h |
Moscow (Russia) | 04:08 am | 08:43 pm | 16:35 h |
Shanghai (China) | 04:54 am | 06:46 pm | 13:52 h |
Helsinki (Finland) | 04:28 am | 10:04 pm | 17:36 h |