Sunrise in Phnom Penh today
September 11, 2026 · Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Sunrise in Phnom Penh today is at 05:51. Day length is 12h 15m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Phnom Penh's coordinates and updated daily.
Phnom Penh lies at 12°N. In Phnom Penh, day length ranges from 11h 27m in winter to 12h 48m in summer — a swing of about 1h 21m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Phnom Penh 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 Phnom Penh as in Takeo, 65 km to the south-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 Phnom Penh.
The longest day in Phnom Penh is around 12h 48m (around June 21). The shortest is around 11h 27m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 1 minute per day.
Sunrise in Phnom Penh by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:25 | 17:56 | 11h 31m |
| February | 06:23 | 18:08 | 11h 46m |
| March | 06:09 | 18:12 | 12h 3m |
| April | 05:50 | 18:12 | 12h 23m |
| May | 05:38 | 18:17 | 12h 39m |
| June | 05:38 | 18:25 | 12h 48m |
| July | 05:45 | 18:29 | 12h 44m |
| August | 05:50 | 18:21 | 12h 31m |
| September | 05:51 | 18:03 | 12h 12m |
| October | 05:50 | 17:43 | 11h 53m |
| November | 05:58 | 17:34 | 11h 36m |
| December | 06:12 | 17:40 | 11h 27m |