Durban

Sunrise and sunset in Durban

Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Durban, in local time. At 29.9° S, the day lasts from 10 h 13 min at the winter solstice to 14 h 04 min at the summer solstice.

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Today · worked out at

Wednesday, October 21: sunrise at 05:11, sunset at 18:09.

Day length 12 h 58 min, 1 min 43 s longer than yesterday.

Solar noon at 11:40, with the Sun 71° above the horizon.

Times are Durban time (GMT+2).

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Twilight and golden hour today

TodayMorningEvening
Astronomical twilight03:4819:33
Nautical twilight04:1819:03
Civil twilight04:4718:34
Sunrise and sunset05:1118:09
Golden hour05:11–05:4317:37–18:09

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

The year in Durban

  • Longest day: December 21, 14 h 04 min, from sunrise at 04:51 to sunset at 18:56.
  • Shortest day: June 21, 10 h 13 min, from sunrise at 06:50 to sunset at 17:04.

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

DateSunriseSunsetDay length
January 2105:1418:5913 h 44 min
February 2105:4018:3712 h 57 min
March 2105:5918:0512 h 06 min
April 2106:1817:3011 h 12 min
May 2106:3717:0710 h 31 min
June 2106:5017:0410 h 13 min
July 2106:4717:1710 h 30 min
August 2106:2317:3511 h 12 min
September 2105:4617:5112 h 05 min
October 2105:1118:0912 h 58 min
November 2104:4918:3413 h 45 min
December 2104:5118:5614 h 04 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 29.9° S, 31° 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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