Sunrise in Sapporo today

Sapporo lies at 43°N. In Sapporo, day length ranges from 8h 60m in winter to 15h 22m in summer — a swing of about 6h 23m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Sapporo today, at a bearing of 83°. It starts getting light 29 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 11 minutes earlier in Sapporo than in Tokyo, 834 km to the south.

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 Sapporo.

The longest day in Sapporo is around 15h 22m (around June 21). The shortest is around 8h 60m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 3 minutes per day.