Sunrise in Kuala Lumpur today

Kuala Lumpur lies at 3°N. Near the equator, Kuala Lumpur sees close to 12 hours of daylight year-round, with only minor seasonal variation.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Kuala Lumpur today, at a bearing of 86°. It starts getting light 21 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 3 minutes later in Kuala Lumpur than in Kota Bharu, 338 km to the north.

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 Kuala Lumpur.

The longest day in Kuala Lumpur is around 12h 18m (around June 21). The shortest is around 11h 56m (around December 21).