Dakar, Senegal Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Dakar, Senegal. Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 05:43 (GMT+00:00) Africa/Dakar . All times are shown in Dakar local time. Solar noon Today will be at: 13:06 (remaining time: +7h 23m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 84.7°. Day Length: 12h 51m 26s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	06:40:36	13:06:19	19:32:02
Azimuth	69.1°	0°	290.9°
Day Length		12h 51m 26s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 386 645 km
94 067 300 mi
Dakar ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 692 446 km
93 635 945 mi

Dakar on map:

Dakar

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+00:00
Latitude:	14.6937°
Longitude:	-17.44406°
Country:	Senegal
Population:	2 476 400

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

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	05:22:59	5h 22m 59s
Astronomical Twilight	05:22:59	05:50:35	27m 36s
Nautical Twilight	05:50:35	06:17:40	27m 5s
Civil Twilight	06:17:40	06:40:36	22m 56s
Daylight	06:40:36	19:32:02	12h 51m 26s
Civil Twilight	19:32:02	19:54:59	22m 57s
Nautical Twilight	19:54:59	20:22:04	27m 5s
Astronomical Twilight	20:22:04	20:49:40	27m 36s
Night	20:49:40	23:59:59	3h 10m 19s

Dakar Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: -13.6° ( 05:43)

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Azimuth 0-24, Current: 64.8° ( 05:43)

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Dakar

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Sunrise, sunset in next few days

		Yesterday	Today	Tomorrow
date:	2026-05-18	2026-05-19	2026-05-20	2026-05-21	2026-05-22
Day:	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sunrise:	06:41:01	06:40:48	06:40:36	06:40:25	06:40:15
Solar noon:	13:06:13	13:06:16	13:06:19	13:06:23	13:06:28
Sunset:	19:31:25	19:31:44	19:32:02	19:32:21	19:32:40
Day Length:	12h 50m 24s	12h 50m 56s	12h 51m 26s	12h 51m 56s	12h 52m 25s

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