Sunrise in Kigali today

Kigali lies at 2°S. Near the equator, Kigali sees close to 12 hours of daylight year-round, with only minor seasonal variation.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Kigali today, at a bearing of 83°. It starts getting light 21 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 2 minutes earlier in Kigali than in Butare, 80 km to the south-southwest.

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 Kigali.

The longest day in Kigali is around 12h 14m (around December 21). The shortest is around 12h 1m (around June 21).