Sunrise in Johannesburg today
September 11, 2026 · Johannesburg, South Africa
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Sunrise in Johannesburg today is at 06:11. Day length is 11h 49m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Johannesburg's coordinates and updated daily.
Johannesburg lies at 26°S. In Johannesburg, day length ranges from 10h 30m in winter to 13h 47m in summer — a swing of about 3h 17m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Johannesburg today, at a bearing of 85°. It starts getting light 23 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises at practically the same moment in Johannesburg as in Pretoria, 53 km to the north-northeast.
The time of sunrise slides 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 Johannesburg.
The longest day in Johannesburg is around 13h 47m (around December 21). The shortest is around 10h 30m (around June 21). Days are currently getting longer — gaining about 2 minutes per day.
Sunrise in Johannesburg by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 05:30 | 19:06 | 13h 36m |
| February | 05:53 | 18:52 | 12h 59m |
| March | 06:10 | 18:26 | 12h 16m |
| April | 06:24 | 17:53 | 11h 29m |
| May | 06:40 | 17:30 | 10h 51m |
| June | 06:54 | 17:24 | 10h 30m |
| July | 06:55 | 17:34 | 10h 38m |
| August | 06:38 | 17:49 | 11h 11m |
| September | 06:07 | 18:02 | 11h 55m |
| October | 05:34 | 18:15 | 12h 41m |
| November | 05:12 | 18:35 | 13h 23m |
| December | 05:11 | 18:57 | 13h 46m |