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.
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
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 07:07 | 17:18 | 10h 11m |
| February | 06:48 | 17:47 | 10h 60m |
| March | 06:14 | 18:11 | 11h 56m |
| April | 05:33 | 18:33 | 12h 60m |
| May | 05:04 | 18:56 | 13h 52m |
| June | 04:53 | 19:14 | 14h 21m |
| July | 05:04 | 19:14 | 14h 9m |
| August | 05:26 | 18:50 | 13h 25m |
| September | 05:47 | 18:11 | 12h 25m |
| October | 06:07 | 17:31 | 11h 23m |
| November | 06:34 | 17:02 | 10h 28m |
| December | 06:59 | 16:57 | 9h 58m |