Sunrise in Cape Town today

Cape Town lies at 34°S. In Cape Town, day length ranges from 9h 53m in winter to 14h 25m in summer — a swing of about 4h 31m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Cape Town today, at a bearing of 86°. It starts getting light 25 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 42 minutes later in Cape Town than in Pretoria, 1308 km to the northeast.

The time of sunrise slides 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 Cape Town.

The longest day in Cape Town is around 14h 25m (around December 21). The shortest is around 9h 53m (around June 21). Days are currently getting longer — gaining about 2 minutes per day.