Sunrise in Riyadh today
September 13, 2026 · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Capital4,205,961 people
Sunrise in Riyadh today is at 05:39. Day length is 12h 22m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Riyadh's coordinates and updated daily.
Riyadh lies at 25°N. In Riyadh, day length ranges from 10h 36m in winter to 13h 40m in summer — a swing of about 3h 4m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Riyadh today, at a bearing of 85°. It starts getting light 23 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 31 minutes earlier in Riyadh than in Jeddah, 845 km to the west-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 Riyadh.
The longest day in Riyadh is around 13h 40m (around June 21). The shortest is around 10h 36m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 1 minute per day.
Sunrise in Riyadh by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:40 | 17:26 | 10h 46m |
| February | 06:29 | 17:48 | 11h 20m |
| March | 06:04 | 18:03 | 11h 59m |
| April | 05:32 | 18:16 | 12h 43m |
| May | 05:11 | 18:31 | 13h 20m |
| June | 05:05 | 18:44 | 13h 40m |
| July | 05:14 | 18:46 | 13h 32m |
| August | 05:28 | 18:29 | 13h 1m |
| September | 05:40 | 17:59 | 12h 19m |
| October | 05:52 | 17:28 | 11h 36m |
| November | 06:10 | 17:07 | 10h 57m |
| December | 06:31 | 17:08 | 10h 37m |