
Sunrise and sunset in Ukraine
Sunrise today: 4:56 h
Sunset today: 20:52 h
(Times for Kiev)Sunset today: 20:52 h
The times of sunrise and sunset in Ukraine are significantly influenced by the country's very northern position in the hemisphere. Relatively high in the north the days in summer are long and short in winter. With up to approximately 16:30 hours the longest days happen in June. On the other hand, the longest and darkest nights are in winter (in the southern hemisphere it is the other way around). In December a night in Kiev lasts almost 16 hours.
Who wants to look at the sunrise in these days, has to wake up early. Sunrise in Kiev starts already at 4:56 in the morning. The sunset on the other hand is currently late at 20:52 in the evening.
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Average length of day in Kiev

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Ukraine

City | Sunrise | Sunset | Hours of daylight |
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Luhansk | 04:29 am | 08:09 pm | 15:40 h |
Makiyivka | 04:37 am | 08:12 pm | 15:36 h |
Donetsk | 04:37 am | 08:13 pm | 15:35 h |
Mariupol | 04:42 am | 08:10 pm | 15:28 h |
Kharkiv | 04:35 am | 08:27 pm | 15:52 h |
Dnepropetrovsk | 04:47 am | 08:26 pm | 15:39 h |
Poltava | 04:44 am | 08:32 pm | 15:48 h |
Simferopol | 05:04 am | 08:16 pm | 15:13 h |
Sevastopol | 05:07 am | 08:17 pm | 15:10 h |
Kryvyi Rih | 04:56 am | 08:30 pm | 15:35 h |
Kherson | 05:03 am | 08:28 pm | 15:25 h |
Cherkasy | 04:55 am | 08:42 pm | 15:47 h |
Mykolayiv | 05:05 am | 08:32 pm | 15:27 h |
Chernihiv | 04:48 am | 08:54 pm | 16:06 h |
Odessa | 05:12 am | 08:35 pm | 15:24 h |
Kiev | 04:56 am | 08:52 pm | 15:56 h |
Zhytomyr | 05:05 am | 08:59 pm | 15:54 h |
Vinnytsya | 05:10 am | 08:55 pm | 15:45 h |
Khmel’nyts’kyy | 05:15 am | 09:02 pm | 15:47 h |
L'viv | 05:25 am | 09:16 pm | 15:51 h |
Sunrise and sunset by month (Kiev)
Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Hours of daylight |
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January | 07:50 am | 04:24 pm | 8:34 h |
February | 07:07 am | 05:16 pm | 10:09 h |
March | 06:09 am | 06:03 pm | 11:54 h |
April | 06:02 am | 07:53 pm | 13:51 h |
May | 05:08 am | 08:40 pm | 15:32 h |
June | 04:43 am | 09:13 pm | 16:30 h |
July | 05:01 am | 09:06 pm | 16:05 h |
August | 05:44 am | 08:20 pm | 14:35 h |
September | 06:31 am | 07:14 pm | 12:43 h |
October | 07:18 am | 06:08 pm | 10:50 h |
November | 07:10 am | 04:14 pm | 9:04 h |
December | 07:49 am | 03:56 pm | 8:06 h |
Where does the sun rise in Ukraine?
The sun always rises in the east, everywhere and regardless of the country or continent. The easternmost city in Ukraine is Milove in oblast Luhansk. There, the sun rises at 4:23 am and sets at 8:09 pm these days. The latest sunset is currently experienced in the west in the city of Chop (Zakarpattia) at 9:17 pm.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. Kiev lies on the 50th degree of northern latitude and is therefore very far away from the equator. While a sunset near the equator only lasts about 20 minutes, in Ukraine this period averages 42 minutes. In June, it's about 46 minutes in Kiev, while in December it's 39 minutes.International cities for comparison
City | Sunrise | Sunset | Hours of daylight |
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Berlin (Germany) | 04:55 am | 09:11 pm | 16:16 h |
New York (USA) | 05:30 am | 08:15 pm | 14:45 h |
Sydney (Australia) | 06:45 am | 04:58 pm | 10:14 h |
Manila (Philippines) | 05:25 am | 06:20 pm | 12:55 h |
Moscow (Russia) | 04:00 am | 08:52 pm | 16:52 h |
Shanghai (China) | 04:52 am | 06:49 pm | 13:58 h |
Helsinki (Finland) | 04:18 am | 10:16 pm | 17:58 h |