Butare

Sunrise and sunset in Butare

Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Butare, in local time. At 2.6° S, the day lasts from 11 h 58 min at the winter solstice to 12 h 17 min at the summer solstice.

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Today · worked out at

Thursday, October 22: sunrise at 05:40, sunset at 17:50.

Day length 12 h 11 min, 9 s longer than yesterday.

Solar noon at 11:45, with the Sun 81° above the horizon.

Times are Butare time (GMT+2).

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Twilight and golden hour today

TodayMorningEvening
Astronomical twilight04:2919:01
Nautical twilight04:5418:36
Civil twilight05:1918:12
Sunrise and sunset05:4017:50
Golden hour05:40–06:0717:23–17:50

Each twilight begins at the morning time and ends at the evening one.

The year in Butare

  • Longest day: December 22, 12 h 17 min, from sunrise at 05:51 to sunset at 18:07.
  • Shortest day: June 21, 11 h 58 min, from sunrise at 06:03 to sunset at 18:02.

Sunrise and sunset on the 21st of each month, 2026

DateSunriseSunsetDay length
January 2106:0418:1912 h 15 min
February 2106:0918:1912 h 11 min
March 2106:0418:1112 h 06 min
April 2105:5818:0012 h 02 min
May 2105:5717:5711 h 59 min
June 2106:0318:0211 h 58 min
July 2106:0718:0711 h 59 min
August 2106:0318:0512 h 02 min
September 2105:5117:5712 h 06 min
October 2105:4017:5012 h 11 min
November 2105:3917:5412 h 15 min
December 2105:5018:0712 h 17 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 2.6° S, 29.7° 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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