Sunrise in Damascus today

Damascus lies at 34°N. In Damascus, day length ranges from 9h 56m in winter to 14h 23m in summer — a swing of about 4h 27m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Damascus today, at a bearing of 80°. It starts getting light 25 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 6 minutes later in Damascus than in Aleppo, 310 km to the north-northeast.

Through the year sunrise drifts earlier across spring and later across 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 Damascus.

The longest day in Damascus is around 14h 23m (around June 21). The shortest is around 9h 56m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 2 minutes per day.