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The calculator uses 21.4225°, 39.8262° and Asia/Riyadh. Coordinates represent the city center and also serve the Masjid al-Haram area, Aziziyah and Mina; Makkah is also spelled Mecca. 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 Makkah and the date to the monthly calendar, where you can print the table or download it as CSV. For the whole of Makkah’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 Makkah all move the moment the Sun actually appears or disappears relative to the flat-horizon times shown here.
What makes Makkah’s daylight different
Makkah sits at 21.4° N, so its northern-hemisphere seasons give it a longest day of 13h 26m on 21 June and a shortest day of 10h 50m on 21 December in 2026. The earliest sunrise (05:38 AM on 2 June) and the latest sunset (07:07 PM on 30 June) do not fall on the solstice itself, because solar noon drifts against the clock through the year.
Sunrise and sunset in Makkah 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 Makkah’s latitude. Times are local clock times for the city center.
| Reference date | Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox period | 2026-03-20 | 06:25 AM | 06:32 PM | 12h 07m |
| June solstice period | 2026-06-21 | 05:39 AM | 07:06 PM | 13h 26m |
| September equinox period | 2026-09-22 | 06:09 AM | 06:17 PM | 12h 08m |
| December solstice period | 2026-12-21 | 06:54 AM | 05:44 PM | 10h 50m |
Clock changes in Makkah
Makkah keeps GMT+3 all year, so there is no clock change to allow for; sunrise and sunset simply drift with the season.
Sunrise and sunset in Makkah today and tomorrow
The page opens on today’s date in Asia/Riyadh. Press Tomorrow to move one day ahead, or type any date between 2000 and 2099. Twilight boundaries for Makkah 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 Cairo, Egypt (about 1,290 km away)
- Sunrise and sunset in Karachi, Pakistan (about 2,800 km away)
- Sunrise and sunset in Paris, France (about 4,500 km away)
All 27 locations are listed on the sunrise and sunset times by city page.