Sunrise in Durban today
September 4, 2026 · Durban, South Africa
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Sunrise in Durban today is at 06:09. Day length is 11h 34m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Durban's coordinates and updated daily.
Durban lies at 30°S. In Durban, day length ranges from 10h 13m in winter to 14h 4m in summer — a swing of about 3h 51m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Durban today, at a bearing of 82°. It starts getting light 24 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 9 minutes earlier in Durban than in Pretoria, 536 km to the north-northwest.
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 Durban.
The longest day in Durban is around 14h 4m (around December 21). The shortest is around 10h 13m (around June 21). Days are currently getting longer — gaining about 2 minutes per day.
Sunrise in Durban by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 05:10 | 19:01 | 13h 51m |
| February | 05:37 | 18:45 | 13h 8m |
| March | 05:57 | 18:15 | 12h 18m |
| April | 06:15 | 17:38 | 11h 23m |
| May | 06:34 | 17:12 | 10h 38m |
| June | 06:50 | 17:04 | 10h 14m |
| July | 06:51 | 17:14 | 10h 24m |
| August | 06:31 | 17:32 | 11h 2m |
| September | 05:55 | 17:49 | 11h 53m |
| October | 05:19 | 18:06 | 12h 47m |
| November | 04:53 | 18:30 | 13h 36m |
| December | 04:50 | 18:53 | 14h 3m |