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Sunrise in Damascus today
October 19, 2026 · Damascus, Syria
Capital1,569,394 people
Sunrise in Damascus today is at 06:43. Day length is 11h 15m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Damascus's coordinates and updated daily.
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 101°. It starts getting light 25 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises at practically the same moment in Damascus as 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.
Sunrise in Damascus by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 07:40 | 17:50 | 10h 10m |
| February | 07:20 | 18:20 | 10h 59m |
| March | 06:47 | 18:43 | 11h 56m |
| April | 06:06 | 19:06 | 13h 0m |
| May | 05:36 | 19:29 | 13h 53m |
| June | 05:25 | 19:47 | 14h 22m |
| July | 05:36 | 19:46 | 14h 10m |
| August | 05:58 | 19:23 | 13h 25m |
| September | 06:19 | 18:43 | 12h 25m |
| October | 06:40 | 18:03 | 11h 23m |
| November | 07:07 | 17:34 | 10h 27m |
| December | 07:32 | 17:29 | 9h 57m |