Sunrise and sunset in Italy

Sunrise today: 5:56 h
Sunset today: 20:36 h

(Times for Rome)

The times of sunrise and sunset in Italy 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 Rome last almost 15 hours.

In these days the sun in Rome rises at 5:56. The sunset on the other hand is currently late at 20:36 in the evening.

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Average length of daylight in Rome

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Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Italy

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 26th., localtime in Italy

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Taranto	05:41 am	08:13 pm	14:32 h
Bari	05:41 am	08:16 pm	14:36 h
Messina	05:54 am	08:14 pm	14:20 h
Catania	05:57 am	08:14 pm	14:17 h
Napoli	05:52 am	08:26 pm	14:34 h
Trieste	05:40 am	08:42 pm	15:02 h
Palermo	06:03 am	08:23 pm	14:20 h
Rome	05:56 am	08:36 pm	14:40 h
Padova	05:48 am	08:49 pm	15:01 h
Bologna	05:53 am	08:48 pm	14:55 h
Florence	05:56 am	08:46 pm	14:51 h
Prato	05:56 am	08:47 pm	14:51 h
Verona	05:52 am	08:53 pm	15:01 h
Modena	05:54 am	08:50 pm	14:56 h
Reggio nell'Emilia	05:55 am	08:52 pm	14:56 h
Parma	05:56 am	08:53 pm	14:57 h
Brescia	05:54 am	08:56 pm	15:02 h
Milano	05:59 am	09:00 pm	15:01 h
Genoa	06:03 am	08:58 pm	14:55 h
Turin	06:06 am	09:05 pm	14:59 h

Sunrise and sunset by month (Rome)

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Januar	07:33 am	05:05 pm	9:32 h
Februar	07:03 am	05:44 pm	10:41 h
März	06:19 am	06:17 pm	11:58 h
April	06:27 am	07:52 pm	13:25 h
Mai	05:47 am	08:24 pm	14:37 h
Juni	05:32 am	08:48 pm	15:16 h
Juli	05:46 am	08:45 pm	14:59 h
August	06:16 am	08:11 pm	13:55 h
September	06:48 am	07:21 pm	12:32 h
Oktober	07:21 am	06:30 pm	11:09 h
November	06:58 am	04:50 pm	9:53 h
Dezember	07:29 am	04:41 pm	9:12 h

Where does the sun rise in Italy?

The sun always rises in the east, everywhere and regardless of the country or continent. The easternmost city in Italy is Otranto in the region of Apulien. There, the sun rises at 5:37 am and sets at 8:07 pm these days. The latest sunset is currently experienced in the west in the city of Susa (Piedmont) at 9:07 pm.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight
Berlin (Germany)	05:15 am	09:10 pm	15:55 h
New York (USA)	05:45 am	08:19 pm	14:35 h
Sydney (Australia)	06:50 am	05:12 pm	10:22 h
Manila (Philippines)	05:36 am	06:28 pm	12:52 h
Moscow (Russia)	04:22 am	08:49 pm	16:28 h
Shanghai (China)	05:05 am	06:55 pm	13:50 h
Helsinki (Finland)	04:43 am	10:09 pm	17:26 h