Kigali

Sunrise and sunset in Kigali

Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Kigali, in local time. At 2° S, the day lasts from 12 h 01 min at the winter solstice to 12 h 14 min at the summer solstice.

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Today · worked out at

Thursday, October 22: sunrise at 05:39, sunset at 17:49.

Day length 12 h 10 min, 7 s longer than yesterday.

Solar noon at 11:44, with the Sun 81° above the horizon.

Times are Kigali time (GMT+2).

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Twilight and golden hour today

TodayMorningEvening
Astronomical twilight04:2918:59
Nautical twilight04:5318:34
Civil twilight05:1818:10
Sunrise and sunset05:3917:49
Golden hour05:39–06:0717:21–17:49

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

The year in Kigali

  • Longest day: December 22, 12 h 14 min, from sunrise at 05:51 to sunset at 18:05.
  • Shortest day: June 21, 12 h 01 min, from sunrise at 06:01 to sunset at 18:01.

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

DateSunriseSunsetDay length
January 2106:0418:1712 h 13 min
February 2106:0818:1812 h 10 min
March 2106:0318:1012 h 06 min
April 2105:5618:0012 h 03 min
May 2105:5517:5712 h 01 min
June 2106:0118:0112 h 01 min
July 2106:0518:0612 h 01 min
August 2106:0118:0412 h 03 min
September 2105:4917:5612 h 06 min
October 2105:3917:4912 h 10 min
November 2105:3917:5212 h 13 min
December 2105:5018:0412 h 14 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° S, 30.1° 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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