Sunrise in Guangzhou today

Guangzhou lies at 23°N. In Guangzhou, day length ranges from 10h 43m in winter to 13h 33m in summer — a swing of about 2h 51m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Guangzhou today, at a bearing of 84°. It starts getting light 23 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 37 minutes later in Guangzhou than in Shanghai, 1212 km to the northeast.

Sunrise shifts 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 Guangzhou.

The longest day in Guangzhou is around 13h 33m (around June 21). The shortest is around 10h 43m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 1 minute per day.