Sunrise in Xi’an today

Xi’an lies at 34°N. In Xi’an, day length ranges from 9h 52m in winter to 14h 27m in summer — a swing of about 4h 35m.

The sun comes up over the east horizon in Xi’an today, at a bearing of 81°. It starts getting light 26 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 35 minutes later in Xi’an than in Beijing, 913 km to the 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 Xi’an.

The longest day in Xi’an is around 14h 27m (around June 21). The shortest is around 9h 52m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 2 minutes per day.