Sunrise in Pretoria today

Pretoria lies at 26°S. In Pretoria, day length ranges from 10h 32m in winter to 13h 45m in summer — a swing of about 3h 13m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Pretoria today, at a bearing of 82°. It starts getting light 23 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 44 minutes earlier in Pretoria than in Cape Town, 1308 km to the 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 Pretoria.

The longest day in Pretoria is around 13h 45m (around December 21). The shortest is around 10h 32m (around June 21). Days are currently getting longer — gaining about 1 minute per day.