Basel, Switzerland Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Basel, Switzerland (Basel-City, Basel-Stadt). Current time: Friday, 2026-04-17, 17:30 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Zurich . All times are shown in Basel local time. Solar noon Today was at: 13:29 (elapsed time: -4h 1m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 52.9°. Day Length: 13h 44m 43s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:36:55	13:29:16	20:21:38
Azimuth	73.3°	180°	286.6°
Day Length		13h 44m 43s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 150 195 080 km
93 326 896 mi
Basel ↔ Sun, nearest point: 149 496 428 km
92 892 774 mi

Basel on map:

Basel

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+02:00
Latitude:	47.55839°
Longitude:	7.57327°
Country:	Switzerland Basel-City
Population:	164 488

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times Today for location: Basel

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	04:41:01	4h 41m 1s
Astronomical Twilight	04:41:01	05:24:36	43m 35s
Nautical Twilight	05:24:36	06:04:27	39m 51s
Civil Twilight	06:04:27	06:36:55	32m 28s
Daylight	06:36:55	20:21:38	13h 44m 43s
Civil Twilight	20:21:38	20:54:06	32m 28s
Nautical Twilight	20:54:06	21:33:57	39m 51s
Astronomical Twilight	21:33:57	22:17:32	43m 35s
Night	22:17:32	23:59:59	1h 42m 27s

Basel Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 27.6° ( 17:30)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 254.5° ( 17:30)

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Basel

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-04-15	2026-04-16	2026-04-17	2026-04-18	2026-04-19
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sunrise:	06:40:40	06:38:47	06:36:55	06:35:03	06:33:12
Solar noon:	13:29:44	13:29:30	13:29:16	13:29:03	13:28:50
Sunset:	20:18:49	20:20:13	20:21:38	20:23:02	20:24:27
Day Length:	13h 38m 9s	13h 41m 26s	13h 44m 43s	13h 47m 59s	13h 51m 15s

Basel sunrise, sunset informations for whole month (or Year 2026):