Sunrise in Shanghai today
September 13, 2026 · Shanghai, China
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Sunrise in Shanghai today is at 05:38. Day length is 12h 27m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Shanghai's coordinates and updated daily.
Shanghai lies at 31°N. In Shanghai, day length ranges from 10h 7m in winter to 14h 11m in summer — a swing of about 4h 4m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in Shanghai today, at a bearing of 85°. It starts getting light 24 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 16 minutes earlier in Shanghai than in Beijing, 1067 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 Shanghai.
The longest day in Shanghai is around 14h 11m (around June 21). The shortest is around 10h 7m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 2 minutes per day.
Sunrise in Shanghai by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:54 | 17:14 | 10h 20m |
| February | 06:37 | 17:41 | 11h 4m |
| March | 06:06 | 18:02 | 11h 56m |
| April | 05:27 | 18:22 | 12h 55m |
| May | 05:00 | 18:43 | 13h 43m |
| June | 04:50 | 19:00 | 14h 10m |
| July | 05:01 | 19:00 | 13h 60m |
| August | 05:20 | 18:39 | 13h 19m |
| September | 05:39 | 18:02 | 12h 23m |
| October | 05:57 | 17:24 | 11h 27m |
| November | 06:22 | 16:57 | 10h 36m |
| December | 06:46 | 16:54 | 10h 8m |