Basel, Switzerland Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Basel, Switzerland (Basel-City, Basel-Stadt). Current time: Thursday, 2026-05-21, 21:08 (GMT+02:00) Europe/Zurich . All times are shown in Basel local time. Solar noon Today was at: 13:26 (elapsed time: -7h 42m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 62.6°. Day Length: 15h 22m 0s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	05:45:19	13:26:19	21:07:19
Azimuth	58.1°	180°	301.9°
Day Length		15h 22m 0s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 432 279 km
94 095 656 mi
Basel ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 736 682 km
93 663 432 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	03:14:10	3h 14m 10s
Astronomical Twilight	03:14:10	04:18:14	1h 4m 4s
Nautical Twilight	04:18:14	05:07:47	49m 33s
Civil Twilight	05:07:47	05:45:19	37m 32s
Daylight	05:45:19	21:07:19	15h 22m 0s
Civil Twilight	21:07:19	21:44:51	37m 32s
Nautical Twilight	21:44:51	22:34:24	49m 33s
Astronomical Twilight	22:34:24	23:38:27	1h 4m 3s
Night	23:38:27	23:59:59	21m 32s

Basel Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -0.9° ( 21:08)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 302° ( 21:08)

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Basel

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22	2026-05-23
Day:	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
Sunrise:	05:47:28	05:46:22	05:45:19	05:44:17	05:43:18
Solar noon:	13:26:12	13:26:15	13:26:19	13:26:23	13:26:28
Sunset:	21:04:55	21:06:07	21:07:19	21:08:29	21:09:38
Day Length:	15h 17m 27s	15h 19m 45s	15h 22m 0s	15h 24m 12s	15h 26m 20s

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