Sunrise in Bucharest today
September 13, 2026 · Bucharest, Romania
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Sunrise in Bucharest today is at 06:53. Day length is 12h 40m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Bucharest's coordinates and updated daily.
Bucharest lies at 44°N. In Bucharest, day length ranges from 8h 50m in winter to 15h 32m in summer — a swing of about 6h 42m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Bucharest today, at a bearing of 84°. It starts getting light 29 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 8 minutes later in Bucharest than in Iaşi, 326 km to the north-northeast.
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 Bucharest.
The longest day in Bucharest is around 15h 32m (around June 21). The shortest is around 8h 50m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 3 minutes per day.
Sunrise in Bucharest by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 07:49 | 17:02 | 9h 12m |
| February | 07:17 | 17:44 | 10h 27m |
| March | 06:30 | 18:21 | 11h 52m |
| April | 06:33 | 20:00 | 13h 27m |
| May | 05:50 | 20:36 | 14h 47m |
| June | 05:31 | 21:02 | 15h 31m |
| July | 05:45 | 20:59 | 15h 13m |
| August | 06:19 | 20:23 | 14h 4m |
| September | 06:55 | 19:29 | 12h 34m |
| October | 07:31 | 18:33 | 11h 3m |
| November | 07:12 | 16:50 | 9h 38m |
| December | 07:46 | 16:37 | 8h 52m |