June 14, 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
Sunrise in Cape Town today is at 07:50. Day length is 9h 55m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Cape Town's coordinates and updated daily.
Cape Town lies at 34°S. At this latitude, day length varies moderately — from around 10 hours in midwinter to 14–15 hours in midsummer.
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 Cape Town.
The longest day in Cape Town is around 14h 25m (around December 21). The shortest is around 9h 53m (around June 21).
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 05:51 | 20:01 | 14h 10m |
| February | 06:22 | 19:41 | 13h 18m |
| March | 06:46 | 19:06 | 12h 20m |
| April | 07:09 | 18:25 | 11h 15m |
| May | 07:32 | 17:55 | 10h 23m |
| June | 07:50 | 17:45 | 9h 54m |
| July | 07:50 | 17:56 | 10h 6m |
| August | 07:27 | 18:17 | 10h 50m |
| September | 06:47 | 18:38 | 11h 51m |
| October | 06:06 | 19:00 | 12h 54m |
| November | 05:36 | 19:28 | 13h 52m |
| December | 05:30 | 19:54 | 14h 24m |