Shanghai, China Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Shanghai, China. Current time: Tuesday, 2026-08-04, 18:41 (GMT+08:00) Asia/Shanghai . All times are shown in Shanghai local time. Solar noon Today was at: 12:00 (elapsed time: -6h 41m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 76.1°. Day Length: 13h 35m 12s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	05:12:43	12:00:19	18:47:55
Azimuth	69°	180°	290.8°
Day Length		13h 35m 12s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 770 737 km
94 305 964 mi
Shanghai ↔ Sun, nearest point: 151 074 979 km
93 873 640 mi

Shanghai on map:

Shanghai

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+08:00
Latitude:	31.22222°
Longitude:	121.45806°
Country:	China
Population:	22 315 474

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

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	03:42:18	3h 42m 18s
Astronomical Twilight	03:42:18	04:15:13	32m 55s
Nautical Twilight	04:15:13	04:46:36	31m 23s
Civil Twilight	04:46:36	05:12:43	26m 7s
Daylight	05:12:43	18:47:55	13h 35m 12s
Civil Twilight	18:47:55	19:14:02	26m 7s
Nautical Twilight	19:14:02	19:45:25	31m 23s
Astronomical Twilight	19:45:25	20:18:20	32m 55s
Night	20:18:20	23:59:59	3h 41m 39s

Shanghai Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 0.5° ( 18:41)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 290° ( 18:41)

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Shanghai

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-08-02	2026-08-03	2026-08-04	2026-08-05	2026-08-06
Day:	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Sunrise:	05:11:27	05:12:05	05:12:43	05:13:21	05:14:00
Solar noon:	12:00:29	12:00:24	12:00:19	12:00:13	12:00:07
Sunset:	18:49:31	18:48:43	18:47:55	18:47:05	18:46:14
Day Length:	13h 38m 4s	13h 36m 38s	13h 35m 12s	13h 33m 44s	13h 32m 14s

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