Sunrise in Bangui today
September 4, 2026 · Bangui, Central African Republic
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Sunrise in Bangui today is at 05:40. Day length is 12h 11m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Bangui's coordinates and updated daily.
Bangui lies at 4°N. In Bangui, day length ranges from 11h 52m in winter to 12h 22m in summer — a swing of about 0h 30m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Bangui today, at a bearing of 83°. It starts getting light 21 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 3 minutes earlier in Bangui than in Mbaïki, 83 km to the southwest.
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 Bangui.
The longest day in Bangui is around 12h 22m (around June 21). The shortest is around 11h 52m (around December 21).
Sunrise in Bangui by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 05:59 | 17:52 | 11h 54m |
| February | 06:01 | 18:00 | 11h 59m |
| March | 05:53 | 17:58 | 12h 5m |
| April | 05:40 | 17:53 | 12h 13m |
| May | 05:34 | 17:52 | 12h 19m |
| June | 05:36 | 17:58 | 12h 22m |
| July | 05:42 | 18:03 | 12h 21m |
| August | 05:43 | 17:59 | 12h 16m |
| September | 05:38 | 17:46 | 12h 9m |
| October | 05:31 | 17:33 | 12h 2m |
| November | 05:34 | 17:29 | 11h 55m |
| December | 05:46 | 17:38 | 11h 52m |