Sofia

Sunrise and sunset in Sofia

Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Sofia, in local time. At 42.7° N, the day lasts from 9 h 02 min at the winter solstice to 15 h 20 min at the summer solstice.

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Today · worked out at

Thursday, October 22: sunrise at 07:48, sunset at 18:33.

Day length 10 h 46 min, 2 min 44 s shorter than yesterday.

Solar noon at 13:11, with the Sun 36° above the horizon.

Times are Sofia time (GMT+3).

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Twilight and golden hour today

TodayMorningEvening
Astronomical twilight06:1320:07
Nautical twilight06:4619:35
Civil twilight07:1919:02
Sunrise and sunset07:4818:33
Golden hour07:48–08:2717:54–18:33

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

The year in Sofia

  • Longest day: June 21, 15 h 20 min, from sunrise at 05:48 to sunset at 21:08.
  • Shortest day: December 21, 9 h 02 min, from sunrise at 07:53 to sunset at 16:55.

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

DateSunriseSunsetDay length
January 2107:5017:259 h 35 min
February 2107:1518:0510 h 51 min
March 2106:2818:3912 h 11 min
April 2106:3620:1513 h 39 min
May 2105:5820:4814 h 49 min
June 2105:4821:0815 h 20 min
July 2106:0720:5814 h 51 min
August 2106:3920:1913 h 40 min
September 2107:1219:2612 h 13 min
October 2107:4618:3510 h 48 min
November 2107:2516:599 h 34 min
December 2107:5316:559 h 02 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 42.7° N, 23.3° 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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