Sunrise in Kampala today

Kampala lies at 0°N. Near the equator, Kampala sees close to 12 hours of daylight year-round, with only minor seasonal variation.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Kampala today, at a bearing of 85°. It starts getting light 21 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises at practically the same moment in Kampala as in Gulu, 272 km to the north.

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 Kampala.

The longest day in Kampala is around 12h 8m (around June 21). The shortest is around 12h 6m (around December 21).