Sunrise in Saint Petersburg today

Saint Petersburg lies at 60°N. In Saint Petersburg, day length ranges from 5h 53m in winter to 18h 50m in summer — a swing of about 12h 57m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Saint Petersburg today, at a bearing of 79°. It starts getting light 43 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 23 minutes later in Saint Petersburg than in Moscow, 632 km to the southeast.

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 Saint Petersburg.

The longest day in Saint Petersburg is around 18h 50m (around June 21). The shortest is around 5h 53m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 5 minutes per day.