Sunrise in Berlin today

Berlin lies at 53°N. In Berlin, day length ranges from 7h 39m in winter to 16h 50m in summer — a swing of about 9h 11m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Berlin today, at a bearing of 82°. It starts getting light 35 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 13 minutes earlier in Berlin than in Hamburg, 255 km to the west-northwest.

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 Berlin.

The longest day in Berlin is around 16h 50m (around June 21). The shortest is around 7h 39m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 4 minutes per day.