Sunrise in Copenhagen today
September 12, 2026 · Copenhagen, Denmark
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Sunrise in Copenhagen today is at 06:36. Day length is 13h 2m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Copenhagen's coordinates and updated daily.
Copenhagen lies at 56°N. In Copenhagen, day length ranges from 7h 1m in winter to 17h 32m in summer — a swing of about 10h 31m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Copenhagen today, at a bearing of 81°. It starts getting light 38 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 9 minutes earlier in Copenhagen than in Aarhus, 157 km to the west-northwest.
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 Copenhagen.
The longest day in Copenhagen is around 17h 32m (around June 21). The shortest is around 7h 1m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 5 minutes per day.
Sunrise in Copenhagen by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 08:30 | 16:09 | 7h 39m |
| February | 07:36 | 17:14 | 9h 38m |
| March | 06:27 | 18:13 | 11h 46m |
| April | 06:06 | 20:15 | 14h 8m |
| May | 05:00 | 21:14 | 16h 14m |
| June | 04:26 | 21:56 | 17h 30m |
| July | 04:47 | 21:46 | 16h 59m |
| August | 05:42 | 20:48 | 15h 6m |
| September | 06:42 | 19:30 | 12h 48m |
| October | 07:40 | 18:12 | 10h 32m |
| November | 07:45 | 16:05 | 8h 20m |
| December | 08:33 | 15:38 | 7h 4m |