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Sunrise in Cape Town today
October 28, 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
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Sunrise in Cape Town today is at 05:52. Day length is 13h 18m. 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. 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-southeast horizon in Cape Town today, at a bearing of 106°. It starts getting light 26 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 1410 minutes earlier 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.
Sunrise in Cape Town by month
| 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 |