Windhoek
Sunrise and sunset in Windhoek
Today’s sunrise, sunset and twilight in Windhoek, in local time. At 22.6° S, the day lasts from 10 h 45 min at the winter solstice to 13 h 31 min at the summer solstice.
Today · worked out at
Thursday, October 22: sunrise at 06:13, sunset at 18:58.
Day length 12 h 45 min, 1 min 14 s longer than yesterday.
Solar noon at 12:36, with the Sun 79° above the horizon.
Times are Windhoek time (GMT+2).
Twilight and golden hour today
| Today | Morning | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 04:56 | 20:16 |
| Nautical twilight | 05:23 | 19:48 |
| Civil twilight | 05:50 | 19:21 |
| Sunrise and sunset | 06:13 | 18:58 |
| Golden hour | 06:13–06:43 | 18:28–18:58 |
Each twilight begins at the morning time and ends at the evening one.
The year in Windhoek
- Longest day: December 21, 13 h 31 min, from sunrise at 06:04 to sunset at 19:35.
- Shortest day: June 21, 10 h 45 min, from sunrise at 07:30 to sunset at 18:16.
Sunrise and sunset on the 21st of each month, 2026
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 21 | 06:24 | 19:41 | 13 h 17 min |
| February 21 | 06:43 | 19:26 | 12 h 43 min |
| March 21 | 06:55 | 19:01 | 12 h 06 min |
| April 21 | 07:06 | 18:33 | 11 h 27 min |
| May 21 | 07:19 | 18:16 | 10 h 57 min |
| June 21 | 07:30 | 18:16 | 10 h 45 min |
| July 21 | 07:29 | 18:26 | 10 h 57 min |
| August 21 | 07:11 | 18:38 | 11 h 27 min |
| September 21 | 06:42 | 18:47 | 12 h 05 min |
| October 21 | 06:14 | 18:58 | 12 h 44 min |
| November 21 | 05:58 | 19:16 | 13 h 17 min |
| December 21 | 06:04 | 19:35 | 13 h 31 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 22.6° S, 17.1° 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