Sunrise in Qingdao today
September 4, 2026 · Qingdao, China
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Sunrise in Qingdao today is at 05:33. Day length is 12h 52m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Qingdao's coordinates and updated daily.
Qingdao lies at 36°N. In Qingdao, day length ranges from 9h 42m in winter to 14h 37m in summer — a swing of about 4h 55m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Qingdao today, at a bearing of 80°. It starts getting light 26 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 12 minutes earlier in Qingdao than in Beijing, 551 km to the northwest.
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 Qingdao.
The longest day in Qingdao 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.
Sunrise in Qingdao by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 07:09 | 17:07 | 9h 58m |
| February | 06:48 | 17:40 | 10h 52m |
| March | 06:11 | 18:06 | 11h 55m |
| April | 05:27 | 18:32 | 13h 5m |
| May | 04:54 | 18:57 | 14h 4m |
| June | 04:42 | 19:18 | 14h 36m |
| July | 04:53 | 19:17 | 14h 23m |
| August | 05:17 | 18:51 | 13h 34m |
| September | 05:41 | 18:08 | 12h 27m |
| October | 06:05 | 17:25 | 11h 19m |
| November | 06:35 | 16:52 | 10h 17m |
| December | 07:02 | 16:46 | 9h 44m |