Your location
The calculator uses 51.5074°, -0.1278° and Europe/London. Coordinates represent the city center and also serve Westminster, Greenwich, Croydon and the wider Greater London area. The selected date belongs to this time zone.
Plan the month or the year
After you calculate a day, the Open monthly calendar link carries London and the date to the monthly calendar, where you can print the table or download it as CSV. For the whole of London’s year at a glance, including its longest and shortest day, use the annual sunrise and sunset table.
Check the context
The visible horizon and weather affect what you see. Tall buildings, hills and a high floor around London all move the moment the Sun actually appears or disappears relative to the flat-horizon times shown here.
What makes London’s daylight different
London sits at 51.5° N, so its northern-hemisphere seasons give it a longest day of 16h 38m on 21 June and a shortest day of 7h 50m on 21 December in 2026. The earliest sunrise (04:43 AM on 14 June) and the latest sunset (09:21 PM on 19 June) do not fall on the solstice itself, because solar noon drifts against the clock through the year.
Sunrise and sunset in London through the year
The table below is calculated by the same engine for four reference dates this year, so you can see the seasonal range at London’s latitude. Times are local clock times for the city center.
| Reference date | Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox period | 2026-03-20 | 06:03 AM | 06:14 PM | 12h 10m |
| June solstice period | 2026-06-21 | 04:43 AM | 09:22 PM | 16h 38m |
| September equinox period | 2026-09-22 | 06:46 AM | 06:59 PM | 12h 13m |
| December solstice period | 2026-12-21 | 08:04 AM | 03:53 PM | 7h 50m |
Clock changes in London
London observes daylight saving time in 2026: the clock changes on 29 March 2026 (clocks go forward one hour) and 25 October 2026 (clocks go back one hour). In London the displayed sunrise and sunset jump by an hour on those dates while the daylight duration changes by only a minute or two. Winter times are GMT and summer times GMT+1.
Sunrise and sunset in London today and tomorrow
The page opens on today’s date in Europe/London. Press Tomorrow to move one day ahead, or type any date between 2000 and 2099. Twilight boundaries for London are on the twilight page, photography windows on the golden hour page and the daylight comparison on the day length page.
Nearby places
The nearest places with their own page, by straight-line distance from the city center:
- Sunrise and sunset in Paris, France (about 340 km away)
- Sunrise and sunset in Tromsø, Norway (about 2,250 km away)
- Sunrise and sunset in Cairo, Egypt (about 3,510 km away)
All 27 locations are listed on the sunrise and sunset times by city page.