Sunrise in Alexandria today

Alexandria lies at 31°N. In Alexandria, day length ranges from 10h 7m in winter to 14h 11m in summer — a swing of about 4h 4m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Alexandria today, at a bearing of 101°. It starts getting light 25 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 6 minutes later in Alexandria than in Cairo, 180 km to the southeast.

Through the year sunrise drifts earlier across spring and later across autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunrise and sunset times shift month by month for Alexandria.

The longest day in Alexandria is around 14h 11m (around June 21). The shortest is around 10h 7m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 2 minutes per day.