Sunrise in Beijing today

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.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Beijing today, at a bearing of 84°. It starts getting light 27 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 16 minutes later in Beijing than in Shanghai, 1067 km to the south-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 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 3 minutes per day.