Sunrise in Ankara today

Ankara lies at 40°N. In Ankara, day length ranges from 9h 20m in winter to 15h 0m in summer — a swing of about 5h 41m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Ankara today, at a bearing of 83°. It starts getting light 27 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 15 minutes earlier in Ankara than in Istanbul, 349 km to the west-northwest.

Sunrise shifts earlier through spring and later through 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 Ankara.

The longest day in Ankara is around 15h 0m (around June 21). The shortest is around 9h 20m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 3 minutes per day.