Dover

Sunrise and sunset in Dover

Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Dover, in local time. At 51.1° N, the day lasts from 7 h 54 min at the winter solstice to 16 h 34 min at the summer solstice.

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Today · worked out at

Thursday, October 22: sunrise at 07:29, sunset at 17:47.

Day length 10 h 18 min, 3 min 43 s shorter than yesterday.

Solar noon at 12:39, with the Sun 28° above the horizon.

Times are Dover time (GMT+1).

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Twilight and golden hour today

TodayMorningEvening
Astronomical twilight05:3919:38
Nautical twilight06:1719:00
Civil twilight06:5518:21
Sunrise and sunset07:2917:47
Golden hour07:29–08:1617:00–17:47

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

The year in Dover

  • Longest day: June 21, 16 h 34 min, from sunrise at 04:39 to sunset at 21:13.
  • Shortest day: December 21, 7 h 54 min, from sunrise at 07:56 to sunset at 15:49.

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

DateSunriseSunsetDay length
January 2107:4616:268 h 40 min
February 2106:5617:2110 h 25 min
March 2105:5518:0912 h 14 min
April 2105:4720:0014 h 13 min
May 2104:5620:4715 h 51 min
June 2104:3921:1316 h 34 min
July 2105:0420:5715 h 53 min
August 2105:5020:0414 h 14 min
September 2106:3918:5512 h 16 min
October 2107:2817:4910 h 22 min
November 2107:2115:598 h 38 min
December 2107:5615:497 h 54 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 51.1° N, 1.3° 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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