Bloemfontein
Sunrise and sunset in Bloemfontein
Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Bloemfontein, in local time. At 29.1° S, the day lasts from 10 h 17 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 01 min at the summer solstice.
Today · worked out at
Thursday, October 22: sunrise at 05:30, sunset at 18:28.
Day length 12 h 58 min, 1 min 40 s longer than yesterday.
Solar noon at 11:59, with the Sun 72° above the horizon.
Times are Bloemfontein time (GMT+2).
Twilight and golden hour today
| Today | Morning | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 04:07 | 19:52 |
| Nautical twilight | 04:37 | 19:22 |
| Civil twilight | 05:06 | 18:53 |
| Sunrise and sunset | 05:30 | 18:28 |
| Golden hour | 05:30–06:02 | 17:56–18:28 |
Each twilight begins at the morning time and ends at the evening one.
The year in Bloemfontein
- Longest day: December 21, 14 h 01 min, from sunrise at 05:12 to sunset at 19:13.
- Shortest day: June 21, 10 h 17 min, from sunrise at 07:08 to sunset at 17:25.
Sunrise and sunset on the 21st of each month, 2026
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21 | 05:35 | 19:16 | 13 h 41 min |
| February 21 | 06:01 | 18:56 | 12 h 55 min |
| March 21 | 06:19 | 18:25 | 12 h 06 min |
| April 21 | 06:36 | 17:50 | 11 h 14 min |
| May 21 | 06:54 | 17:28 | 10 h 34 min |
| June 21 | 07:08 | 17:25 | 10 h 17 min |
| July 21 | 07:05 | 17:37 | 10 h 33 min |
| August 21 | 06:41 | 17:55 | 11 h 13 min |
| September 21 | 06:06 | 18:10 | 12 h 05 min |
| October 21 | 05:31 | 18:28 | 12 h 56 min |
| November 21 | 05:10 | 18:52 | 13 h 42 min |
| December 21 | 05:12 | 19:13 | 14 h 01 min |
Good to know
- Sunrise and sunset are when the top of the Sun meets a level horizon, allowing for the usual bending of light by the air. Hills, buildings and height shift what you see by a few minutes.
- Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight end when the Sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below the horizon. Golden hour here is the photographers’ usual definition: the Sun less than 6° above it.
- Worked out when the page loads from NOAA’s solar equations, for 29.1° S, 26.2° E, and accurate to about a minute.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Day and night, live, The Sun, Moon and planets
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