Sunrise and sunset in Bulgaria

Sunrise today: 7:44 h
Sunset today: 17:33 h

(Times for Sofia)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Bulgaria 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 15:20 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 Sofia last almost 15 hours.

In these days the sun in Sofia rises at 7:44. The early sunset at 17:33 makes the day currently a bit too short.

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Average length of daylight in Sofia

sunshine duration twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Bulgaria

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 26th., localtime in Bulgaria

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Varna	07:27 am	05:13 pm	9:46 h
Dobrich	07:29 am	05:13 pm	9:44 h
Burgas	07:27 am	05:17 pm	9:50 h
Shumen	07:32 am	05:17 pm	9:46 h
Yambol	07:31 am	05:21 pm	9:50 h
Sliven	07:32 am	05:21 pm	9:49 h
Ruse	07:37 am	05:20 pm	9:43 h
Stara Zagora	07:35 am	05:24 pm	9:50 h
Veliko Turnovo	07:36 am	05:23 pm	9:47 h
Haskovo	07:34 am	05:26 pm	9:52 h
Kazanluk	07:36 am	05:25 pm	9:49 h
Gabrovo	07:37 am	05:25 pm	9:48 h
Plovdiv	07:37 am	05:29 pm	9:51 h
Pleven	07:41 am	05:26 pm	9:45 h
Pazardzhik	07:39 am	05:30 pm	9:51 h
Vratsa	07:45 am	05:31 pm	9:46 h
Sofia	07:44 am	05:33 pm	9:49 h
Blagoevgrad	07:44 am	05:36 pm	9:52 h
Pernik	07:45 am	05:34 pm	9:49 h
Vidin	07:50 am	05:32 pm	9:42 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (Sofia)

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Januar	07:52 am	05:19 pm	9:27 h
Februar	07:21 am	05:59 pm	10:38 h
März	06:36 am	06:34 pm	11:58 h
April	06:43 am	08:10 pm	13:27 h
Mai	06:02 am	08:43 pm	14:41 h
Juni	05:46 am	09:08 pm	15:22 h
Juli	06:00 am	09:04 pm	15:04 h
August	06:32 am	08:30 pm	13:58 h
September	07:05 am	07:38 pm	12:33 h
Oktober	07:38 am	06:46 pm	11:07 h
November	07:17 am	05:05 pm	9:49 h
Dezember	07:48 am	04:55 pm	9:07 h

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)	07:54 am	04:43 pm	8:49 h
New York (USA)	07:09 am	05:07 pm	9:59 h
Sydney (Australia)	06:10 am	08:05 pm	13:55 h
Manila (Philippines)	06:23 am	05:53 pm	11:30 h
Moscow (Russia)	08:31 am	04:52 pm	8:22 h
Shanghai (China)	06:47 am	05:25 pm	10:38 h
Helsinki (Finland)	08:45 am	04:20 pm	7:35 h