Sunrise in Khartoum today
September 3, 2026 · Khartoum, Sudan
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Sunrise in Khartoum today is at 05:38. Day length is 12h 24m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Khartoum's coordinates and updated daily.
Khartoum lies at 16°N. In Khartoum, day length ranges from 11h 12m in winter to 13h 3m in summer — a swing of about 1h 51m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Khartoum today, at a bearing of 82°. It starts getting light 22 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 33 minutes earlier in Khartoum than in Nyala, 913 km to the west-southwest.
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 Khartoum.
The longest day in Khartoum is around 13h 3m (around June 21). The shortest is around 11h 12m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 1 minute per day.
Sunrise in Khartoum by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:21 | 17:39 | 11h 18m |
| February | 06:16 | 17:54 | 11h 38m |
| March | 05:59 | 18:01 | 12h 2m |
| April | 05:36 | 18:05 | 12h 29m |
| May | 05:22 | 18:13 | 12h 51m |
| June | 05:20 | 18:22 | 13h 3m |
| July | 05:27 | 18:25 | 12h 58m |
| August | 05:36 | 18:15 | 12h 39m |
| September | 05:39 | 17:53 | 12h 14m |
| October | 05:42 | 17:30 | 11h 48m |
| November | 05:53 | 17:18 | 11h 25m |
| December | 06:09 | 17:22 | 11h 13m |