Sunrise in Bamako today

Bamako lies at 13°N. In Bamako, day length ranges from 11h 23m in winter to 12h 52m in summer — a swing of about 1h 29m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Bamako today, at a bearing of 82°. It starts getting light 21 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 9 minutes later in Bamako than in Sikasso, 294 km to the east-southeast.

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 Bamako.

The longest day in Bamako is around 12h 52m (around June 21). The shortest is around 11h 23m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 1 minute per day.