Sunrise in Dakar today

Dakar lies at 15°N. In Dakar, day length ranges from 11h 15m in winter to 12h 60m in summer — a swing of about 1h 45m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Dakar today, at a bearing of 85°. It starts getting light 21 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 6 minutes later in Dakar than in Touba, 171 km to the east.

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 Dakar.

The longest day in Dakar is around 12h 60m (around June 21). The shortest is around 11h 15m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 1 minute per day.