Istanbul, Turkey Sunrise, Sunset

Sunrise, Sunset and Sun position here: Istanbul, Turkey. Current time: Wednesday, 2026-05-20, 17:47 (GMT+03:00) Europe/Istanbul . All times are shown in Istanbul local time. Solar noon Today was at: 13:00 (elapsed time: -4h 47m), Maximal altitude of Sun: 68.9°. Day Length: 14h 37m 57s (time between sunrise and sunset).

	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset
Time	05:41:46	13:00:44	20:19:43
Azimuth	62.3°	180°	297.8°
Day Length		14h 37m 57s

Current distance Earth ↔ Sun:
Center-to-center: 151 397 820 km
94 074 244 mi
Istanbul ↔ Sun, nearest point: 150 699 269 km
93 640 185 mi

Istanbul on map:

Istanbul

Info

Local timezone:	GMT+03:00
Latitude:	41.01384°
Longitude:	28.94966°
Country:	Turkey
Population:	14 804 116

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

Zone Type	Start	End	Length
Night	00:00:00	03:45:23	3h 45m 23s
Astronomical Twilight	03:45:23	04:30:19	44m 56s
Nautical Twilight	04:30:19	05:10:03	39m 44s
Civil Twilight	05:10:03	05:41:46	31m 43s
Daylight	05:41:46	20:19:43	14h 37m 57s
Civil Twilight	20:19:43	20:51:26	31m 43s
Nautical Twilight	20:51:26	21:31:10	39m 44s
Astronomical Twilight	21:31:10	22:16:06	44m 56s
Night	22:16:06	23:59:59	1h 43m 53s

Istanbul Sun position Today

Altitude 0-24, Current: 26.6° ( 17:47)

→ hours 0..24 →

Azimuth 0-24, Current: 274.1° ( 17:47)

North

Istanbul

Solar noon

0⁰⁰

1⁰⁰

2⁰⁰

3⁰⁰

4⁰⁰

5⁰⁰

6⁰⁰

7⁰⁰

8⁰⁰

9⁰⁰

10⁰⁰

11⁰⁰

12⁰⁰

13⁰⁰

14⁰⁰

15⁰⁰

16⁰⁰

17⁰⁰

18⁰⁰

19⁰⁰

20⁰⁰

21⁰⁰

22⁰⁰

23⁰⁰

24⁰⁰

274°

South

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:	05:43:27	05:42:36	05:41:46	05:40:58	05:40:12
Solar noon:	13:00:38	13:00:41	13:00:44	13:00:48	13:00:53
Sunset:	20:17:50	20:18:47	20:19:43	20:20:39	20:21:34
Day Length:	14h 34m 23s	14h 36m 11s	14h 37m 57s	14h 39m 41s	14h 41m 22s

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