Shanghai, China Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Shanghai, China. Current time: Friday, 2026-05-22, 17:54 (GMT+08:00) Asia/Shanghai . All times are shown in Shanghai local time. Solar noon Today was at: 11:50 (elapsed time: -6h 4m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 79.1°. Day Length: 13h 52m 47s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	04:54:26	11:50:49	18:47:13
Azimuth	65.5°	180°	294.5°
Day Length		13h 52m 47s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 449 932 km
94 106 625 mi
Shanghai ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 753 163 km
93 673 673 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	03:20:17	3h 20m 17s
Astronomical Twilight	03:20:17	03:54:54	34m 37s
Nautical Twilight	03:54:54	04:27:31	32m 37s
Civil Twilight	04:27:31	04:54:26	26m 55s
Daylight	04:54:26	18:47:13	13h 52m 47s
Civil Twilight	18:47:13	19:14:08	26m 55s
Nautical Twilight	19:14:08	19:46:45	32m 37s
Astronomical Twilight	19:46:45	20:21:22	34m 37s
Night	20:21:22	23:59:59	3h 38m 37s

Shanghai Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 9.7° ( 17:54)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 288° ( 17:54)

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Shanghai

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22	2026-05-23	2026-05-24
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sunrise:	04:55:28	04:54:56	04:54:26	04:53:57	04:53:30
Solar noon:	11:50:41	11:50:45	11:50:49	11:50:54	11:50:59
Sunset:	18:45:55	18:46:34	18:47:13	18:47:51	18:48:29
Day Length:	13h 50m 27s	13h 51m 38s	13h 52m 47s	13h 53m 54s	13h 54m 59s

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