Sunrise in Lanzhou today

Lanzhou lies at 36°N. In Lanzhou, day length ranges from 9h 42m in winter to 14h 37m in summer — a swing of about 4h 54m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Lanzhou today, at a bearing of 80°. It starts getting light 26 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 54 minutes later in Lanzhou than in Beijing, 1180 km to the east-northeast.

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 Lanzhou.

The longest day in Lanzhou is around 14h 37m (around June 21). The shortest is around 9h 42m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 2 minutes per day.