Sunrise in Shantou today

Shantou lies at 23°N. In Shantou, day length ranges from 10h 42m in winter to 13h 34m in summer — a swing of about 2h 53m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Shantou today, at a bearing of 82°. It starts getting light 23 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 24 minutes later in Shantou than in Shanghai, 992 km to the north-northeast.

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 Shantou.

The longest day in Shantou is around 13h 34m (around June 21). The shortest is around 10h 42m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 1 minute per day.