Xining, China Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Xining, China (Qinghai). Current time: Friday, 2026-10-23, 05:45 (GMT+08:00) Asia/Shanghai . All times are shown in Xining local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 12:57 (remaining time: +7h 12m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 42.1°. Day Length: 10h 59m 45s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	07:27:27	12:57:19	18:27:12
Azimuth	103.4°	180°	256.4°
Day Length		10h 59m 45s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 148 845 120 km
92 488 070 mi
Xining ↔ Sun, nearest point: 148 151 718 km
92 057 210 mi

Xining on map:

Xining

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+08:00
Latitude:	36.62554°
Longitude:	101.75739°
Country:	China Qinghai
Population:	767 531

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

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	06:01:07	6h 1m 7s
Astronomical Twilight	06:01:07	06:31:04	29m 57s
Nautical Twilight	06:31:04	07:01:15	30m 11s
Civil Twilight	07:01:15	07:27:27	26m 12s
Daylight	07:27:27	18:27:12	10h 59m 45s
Civil Twilight	18:27:12	18:53:24	26m 12s
Nautical Twilight	18:53:24	19:23:35	30m 11s
Astronomical Twilight	19:23:35	19:53:32	29m 57s
Night	19:53:32	23:59:59	4h 6m 27s

Xining Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -21.1° ( 05:45)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 88.3° ( 05:45)

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Xining

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-10-21	2026-10-22	2026-10-23	2026-10-24	2026-10-25
Day:	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Sunrise:	07:25:34	07:26:31	07:27:27	07:28:24	07:29:22
Solar noon:	12:57:38	12:57:28	12:57:19	12:57:11	12:57:04
Sunset:	18:29:41	18:28:26	18:27:12	18:25:58	18:24:46
Day Length:	11h 4m 7s	11h 1m 55s	10h 59m 45s	10h 57m 34s	10h 55m 24s

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