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Sunrise in Djibouti today
October 17, 2026 · Djibouti, Djibouti
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Sunrise in Djibouti today is at 05:58. Day length is 11h 52m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Djibouti's coordinates and updated daily.
Djibouti lies at 12°N. In Djibouti, day length ranges from 11h 27m in winter to 12h 48m in summer — a swing of about 1h 22m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Djibouti today, at a bearing of 99°. It starts getting light 21 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises at practically the same moment in Djibouti as in 'Ali Sabieh, 67 km to the southwest.
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 Djibouti.
The longest day in Djibouti is around 12h 48m (around June 21). The shortest is around 11h 27m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 1 minute per day.
Sunrise in Djibouti by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:32 | 18:03 | 11h 31m |
| February | 06:30 | 18:15 | 11h 46m |
| March | 06:16 | 18:19 | 12h 3m |
| April | 05:57 | 18:20 | 12h 23m |
| May | 05:45 | 18:24 | 12h 39m |
| June | 05:45 | 18:33 | 12h 48m |
| July | 05:52 | 18:36 | 12h 45m |
| August | 05:58 | 18:28 | 12h 31m |
| September | 05:58 | 18:10 | 12h 12m |
| October | 05:57 | 17:50 | 11h 53m |
| November | 06:05 | 17:41 | 11h 36m |
| December | 06:20 | 17:47 | 11h 27m |