Riga

Sunrise and sunset in Riga

Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Riga, in local time. At 56.9° N, the day lasts from 6 h 44 min at the winter solstice to 17 h 53 min at the summer solstice.

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Today · worked out at

Wednesday, October 21: sunrise at 08:09, sunset at 18:06.

Day length 9 h 57 min, 4 min 41 s shorter than yesterday.

Solar noon at 13:08, with the Sun 22° above the horizon.

Times are Riga time (GMT+3).

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Twilight and golden hour today

TodayMorningEvening
Astronomical twilight06:0120:13
Nautical twilight06:4519:29
Civil twilight07:3018:45
Sunrise and sunset08:0918:06
Golden hour08:09–09:0417:11–18:06

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

The year in Riga

  • Longest day: June 21, 17 h 53 min, from sunrise at 04:29 to sunset at 22:21.
  • Shortest day: December 21, 6 h 44 min, from sunrise at 08:59 to sunset at 15:43.

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

DateSunriseSunsetDay length
January 2108:4216:287 h 46 min
February 2107:3717:3810 h 01 min
March 2106:2318:3912 h 16 min
April 2106:0020:4514 h 45 min
May 2104:5421:4616 h 52 min
June 2104:2922:2117 h 53 min
July 2105:0121:5716 h 55 min
August 2106:0320:4914 h 46 min
September 2107:0619:2512 h 20 min
October 2108:0918:069 h 57 min
November 2108:1616:017 h 44 min
December 2108:5915:436 h 44 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 56.9° N, 24.1° 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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