Sunrise in Baghdad today

September 11, 2026 · Baghdad, Iraq

Capital7,216,000 people

Sunrise in Baghdad today is at 05:44. Day length is 12h 33m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Baghdad's coordinates and updated daily.

Sunrise
05:44
Sunset
18:17
Day length
12h 33m
Dawn
05:19
Solar noon
12:00
Dusk
18:42

Baghdad lies at 33°N. In Baghdad, day length ranges from 9h 57m in winter to 14h 22m in summer — a swing of about 4h 25m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Baghdad today, at a bearing of 84°. It starts getting light 25 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 12 minutes later in Baghdad than in Basrah, 449 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 Baghdad.

The longest day in Baghdad is around 14h 22m (around June 21). The shortest is around 9h 57m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter losing about 2 minutes per day.

Sunrise in Baghdad by month

MonthSunriseSunsetDay length
January07:0717:1810h 11m
February06:4817:4710h 60m
March06:1418:1111h 56m
April05:3318:3312h 60m
May05:0418:5613h 52m
June04:5319:1414h 21m
July05:0419:1414h 9m
August05:2618:5013h 25m
September05:4718:1112h 25m
October06:0717:3111h 23m
November06:3417:0210h 28m
December06:5916:579h 58m