Sunrise in Cairo today
September 11, 2026 · Cairo, Egypt
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Sunrise in Cairo today is at 06:38. Day length is 12h 29m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Cairo's coordinates and updated daily.
Cairo lies at 30°N. In Cairo, day length ranges from 10h 12m in winter to 14h 5m in summer — a swing of about 3h 52m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Cairo today, at a bearing of 84°. It starts getting light 24 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 5 minutes earlier in Cairo than in Alexandria, 180 km to the northwest.
Through the year sunrise drifts earlier across spring and later across 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 Cairo.
The longest day in Cairo is around 14h 5m (around June 21). The shortest is around 10h 12m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 2 minutes per day.
Sunrise in Cairo by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:52 | 17:17 | 10h 25m |
| February | 06:36 | 17:44 | 11h 8m |
| March | 06:06 | 18:04 | 11h 57m |
| April | 05:29 | 18:22 | 12h 53m |
| May | 06:03 | 19:42 | 13h 39m |
| June | 05:54 | 19:58 | 14h 4m |
| July | 06:04 | 19:59 | 13h 54m |
| August | 06:23 | 19:38 | 13h 15m |
| September | 06:40 | 19:02 | 12h 22m |
| October | 06:57 | 18:26 | 11h 29m |
| November | 06:21 | 17:00 | 10h 39m |
| December | 06:44 | 16:58 | 10h 14m |