Sunrise in Hangzhou today
September 4, 2026 · Hangzhou, China
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Sunrise in Hangzhou today is at 05:38. Day length is 12h 42m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Hangzhou's coordinates and updated daily.
Hangzhou lies at 30°N. In Hangzhou, day length ranges from 10h 11m in winter to 14h 6m in summer — a swing of about 3h 55m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Hangzhou today, at a bearing of 81°. It starts getting light 24 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 7 minutes earlier in Hangzhou than in Beijing, 1122 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 Hangzhou.
The longest day in Hangzhou is around 14h 6m (around June 21). The shortest is around 10h 11m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 2 minutes per day.
Sunrise in Hangzhou by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:57 | 17:21 | 10h 24m |
| February | 06:41 | 17:48 | 11h 7m |
| March | 06:11 | 18:08 | 11h 57m |
| April | 05:34 | 18:27 | 12h 53m |
| May | 05:07 | 18:46 | 13h 40m |
| June | 04:58 | 19:03 | 14h 5m |
| July | 05:08 | 19:04 | 13h 56m |
| August | 05:27 | 18:43 | 13h 16m |
| September | 05:44 | 18:07 | 12h 23m |
| October | 06:02 | 17:30 | 11h 29m |
| November | 06:25 | 17:04 | 10h 39m |
| December | 06:49 | 17:01 | 10h 12m |