July 30, 2026 · Beijing, China
Capital11,716,620 people
Sunrise in Beijing today is at 05:11. Day length is 14h 21m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Beijing's coordinates and updated daily.
Beijing lies at 40°N. In Beijing, day length ranges from 9h 20m in winter to 15h 0m in summer — a swing of about 5h 40m.
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 Beijing.
The longest day in Beijing is around 15h 0m (around June 21). The shortest is around 9h 20m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 2 minutes per day.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 07:35 | 17:13 | 9h 38m |
| February | 07:09 | 17:50 | 10h 41m |
| March | 06:28 | 18:21 | 11h 53m |
| April | 05:38 | 18:52 | 13h 14m |
| May | 05:01 | 19:22 | 14h 22m |
| June | 04:46 | 19:45 | 14h 59m |
| July | 04:59 | 19:43 | 14h 45m |
| August | 05:26 | 19:13 | 13h 47m |
| September | 05:56 | 18:26 | 12h 30m |
| October | 06:25 | 17:37 | 11h 13m |
| November | 06:59 | 17:00 | 10h 1m |
| December | 07:29 | 16:51 | 9h 22m |