Sunrise in Rome today

Rome lies at 42°N. In Rome, day length ranges from 9h 7m in winter to 15h 14m in summer — a swing of about 6h 6m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Rome today, at a bearing of 84°. It starts getting light 28 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 11 minutes earlier in Rome than in Milan, 477 km to the north-northwest.

Through the year sunrise drifts earlier across spring and later across 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 Rome.

The longest day in Rome is around 15h 14m (around June 21). The shortest is around 9h 7m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 3 minutes per day.