Times For Sunrise And Sunset In Cyprus

Times for sunrise and sunset in CyprusSunrise today: 6:37 hSunset today: 17:24 h(Times for Nicosia)

Sunrise and sunset times in Cyprus 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 14:30 hours, there are the longest days in June. The longest dark nights, on the other hand, are in winter. A December night in Nicosia lasts almost 15 hours and the days start about 60 minutes later

During these days, the sun in Nicosia rises at 6:37. The early sunset at 17:24 makes the day currently a bit too short.Back to overview: Cyprus

Average length of day in Nicosia

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 Cyprus

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 February 9th., localtime in Cyprus

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
Protaras	06:34 am	05:21 pm	10:47 h	11:57 am
Paralímni	06:34 am	05:21 pm	10:47 h	11:58 am
Famagusta	06:34 am	05:21 pm	10:47 h	11:58 am
Pérgamos	06:35 am	05:22 pm	10:47 h	11:59 am
Larnaca	06:35 am	05:23 pm	10:47 h	11:59 am
Aradíppou	06:36 am	05:23 pm	10:47 h	11:59 am
Dáli	06:36 am	05:24 pm	10:47 h	12:00 pm
Géri	06:37 am	05:23 pm	10:47 h	12:00 pm
Nicosia	06:37 am	05:24 pm	10:47 h	12:00 pm
Kyrenia	06:37 am	05:23 pm	10:46 h	12:00 pm
Limassol	06:37 am	05:26 pm	10:48 h	12:02 pm
Mórfou	06:38 am	05:25 pm	10:47 h	12:02 pm
Ýpsonas	06:38 am	05:26 pm	10:48 h	12:02 pm
Léfka	06:39 am	05:26 pm	10:47 h	12:02 pm
Paphos	06:40 am	05:28 pm	10:48 h	12:04 pm

Sunrise and sunset by month for Nicosia

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
January	06:52 am	04:58 pm	10:06 h	11:55 am
February	06:31 am	05:29 pm	10:59 h	12:00 pm
March	05:55 am	05:55 pm	11:59 h	11:55 am
April	06:13 am	07:20 pm	13:07 h	12:46 pm
May	05:41 am	07:44 pm	14:04 h	12:42 pm
June	05:30 am	08:03 pm	14:34 h	12:47 pm
July	05:42 am	08:02 pm	14:21 h	12:52 pm
August	06:05 am	07:37 pm	13:32 h	12:51 pm
September	06:28 am	06:55 pm	12:27 h	12:41 pm
October	06:51 am	06:13 pm	11:22 h	12:32 pm
November	06:19 am	04:42 pm	10:22 h	11:31 am
December	06:46 am	04:37 pm	9:51 h	11:41 am

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. Nicosia lies on the 35th degree of northern latitude and is therefore quite far away from the equator. While a sunset near the equator lasts only about 20 minutes, in Cyprus, this period averages 31 minutes. In June, it's about 33 minutes in Nicosia, while in December it's 29 minutes.

The sun always shines from the south

The capital Nicosia is located at 35 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 Nicosia 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 31 degrees above the horizon. (0 degrees is at the height of the horizon, 90 degrees would be a position directly above Nicosia.) It reaches its highest point at noon on June 21st. Then the sun shines down at an angle of 78.3 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 Nicosia resp. Lefkosia region, we have shown the approximate sunshine duration in the graph here.

In June, the sun shines for around 12:18 hours a day. In contrast, the day is 14:34 hours long. This means that the visual obstruction is around 2:16 hours per day. In December, on the other hand, it is 3:57 of 9:51 hours.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
Berlin (Germany)	07:32 am	05:09 pm	9:37 h	12:20 pm
New York (USA)	06:56 am	05:23 pm	10:27 h	12:10 pm
Sydney (Australia)	06:23 am	07:55 pm	13:32 h	01:09 pm
Manila (Philippines)	06:21 am	05:59 pm	11:38 h	12:10 pm
Moscow (Russia)	08:05 am	05:22 pm	9:17 h	12:43 pm
Shanghai (China)	06:39 am	05:37 pm	10:58 h	12:08 pm
Helsinki (Finland)	08:12 am	04:56 pm	8:44 h	12:34 pm

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