Times For Sunrise And Sunset In Bulgaria

Times for sunrise and sunset in BulgariaSunrise today: 7:55 hSunset today: 17:08 h(Times for Sofia)

Sunrise and sunset times in Bulgaria are determined by the moderate location in the northern hemisphere. Not as extreme as in the Nordic countries, but still noticeable. The days are longer in summer (June to September) than in winter (December to March). With up to about 15:20 hours, there are the longest days in June. The longest dark nights, on the other hand, are in winter. A December night in Sofia lasts almost 15 hours and the days start about 2 hours later

During these days, the sun in Sofia rises at 7:55. The early sunset at 17:08 makes the day currently a bit too short.Back to overview: Bulgaria

Average length of day in Sofia

The following graph shows the times of sunrise and sunset over the course of the year. The duration of twilight can be seen at the top and bottom edges. The vertical offset between April and October shows the effect of daylight saving time, when the time is set one hour ahead. sunshine duration twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Bulgaria

The cities are ordered by their geographic position from east to west, so in an approximate direction of the sun's course. Since the orbit around the sun is elliptical, sunrise or sunset never happen on a whole longitude at the same time. All data given for January 5th., localtime in Bulgaria

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
Varna	07:38 am	04:48 pm	9:10 h	12:13 pm
Dobrich	07:40 am	04:47 pm	9:08 h	12:14 pm
Burgas	07:38 am	04:52 pm	9:15 h	12:15 pm
Shumen	07:42 am	04:52 pm	9:10 h	12:17 pm
Yambol	07:41 am	04:56 pm	9:15 h	12:19 pm
Sliven	07:43 am	04:56 pm	9:14 h	12:20 pm
Ruse	07:48 am	04:54 pm	9:06 h	12:21 pm
Stara Zagora	07:45 am	05:00 pm	9:15 h	12:22 pm
Haskovo	07:44 am	05:02 pm	9:18 h	12:23 pm
Plovdiv	07:47 am	05:04 pm	9:17 h	12:26 pm
Pleven	07:52 am	05:01 pm	9:09 h	12:26 pm
Pazardzhik	07:49 am	05:06 pm	9:17 h	12:28 pm
Sofia	07:55 am	05:08 pm	9:14 h	12:32 pm
Blagoevgrad	07:54 am	05:11 pm	9:18 h	12:32 pm
Pernik	07:56 am	05:10 pm	9:14 h	12:33 pm

Sunrise and sunset by month for Sofia

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
January	07:52 am	05:19 pm	9:27 h	12:36 pm
February	07:22 am	05:59 pm	10:37 h	12:40 pm
March	06:37 am	06:34 pm	11:57 h	12:35 pm
April	06:43 am	08:09 pm	13:26 h	01:26 pm
May	06:02 am	08:43 pm	14:41 h	01:23 pm
June	05:46 am	09:08 pm	15:22 h	01:27 pm
July	06:00 am	09:04 pm	15:04 h	01:32 pm
August	06:31 am	08:30 pm	13:59 h	01:31 pm
September	07:05 am	07:38 pm	12:34 h	01:21 pm
October	07:38 am	06:46 pm	11:08 h	01:12 pm
November	07:16 am	05:05 pm	9:49 h	12:11 pm
December	07:48 am	04:55 pm	9:07 h	12:21 pm

Duration of the sunset

The distance from the equator and the path of the sun determines not only the time of sunrise and sunset. The farther a country is from the equator, the more oblique the sun's path is to the horizon, causing sunset to last for a different duration. Sofia lies on the 43rd degree of northern latitude and is therefore very far away from the equator. While a sunset near the equator lasts only about 20 minutes, in Bulgaria, this period averages 36 minutes. In June, it's about 39 minutes in Sofia, while in December it's 33 minutes.

The sun always shines from the south

The capital Sofia is located at 43 degrees north latitude and therefore also north of the Tropic. While the sun swings back and forth between the northern and southern tropics throughout the year, it shines on Sofia from the south, but is never perpendicular to it. In December, the sun is so far away that even at midday it can only be seen 24 degrees above the horizon. (0 degrees is at the height of the horizon, 90 degrees would be a position directly above Sofia.) It reaches its highest point at noon on June 21st. Then the sun shines down at an angle of 70.7 degrees.

Actual hours of sunshine

The period from sunrise to sunset is the astronomical length of the day. It is therefore independent of whether you can actually see the sun. In addition, significant deviations can be perceived depending on cloud cover or other visual obstructions. For the Sofia (Southwest) region, we have shown the approximate sunshine duration in the graph here.

In June, the sun shines for around 9:00 hours a day. In contrast, the day is 15:22 hours long. This means that the visual obstruction is around 6:22 hours per day. In December, on the other hand, it is 6:49 of 9:07 hours.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
Berlin (Germany)	08:13 am	04:09 pm	7:56 h	12:11 pm
New York (USA)	07:18 am	04:43 pm	9:25 h	12:01 pm
Sydney (Australia)	05:49 am	08:11 pm	14:22 h	01:00 pm
Manila (Philippines)	06:21 am	05:41 pm	11:20 h	12:01 pm
Moscow (Russia)	08:54 am	04:14 pm	7:20 h	12:34 pm
Shanghai (China)	06:52 am	05:06 pm	10:15 h	11:59 am
Helsinki (Finland)	09:18 am	03:33 pm	6:15 h	12:25 pm

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