Times For Sunrise And Sunset In South Sudan

Average length of day in Juba

sunshine duration twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of South Sudan

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 16th., localtime in South Sudan

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
Torit	06:03 am	06:04 pm	12:01 h	12:03 pm
Pajok	06:02 am	06:05 pm	12:02 h	12:04 pm
Malakal	06:11 am	06:03 pm	11:52 h	12:07 pm
Juba	06:07 am	06:08 pm	12:01 h	12:07 pm
Bor	06:08 am	06:06 pm	11:58 h	12:07 pm
Yei	06:10 am	06:12 pm	12:02 h	12:11 pm
Leer	06:16 am	06:10 pm	11:55 h	12:13 pm
Rumbek	06:16 am	06:13 pm	11:57 h	12:15 pm
Maridi	06:15 am	06:16 pm	12:01 h	12:16 pm
Tonj	06:21 am	06:17 pm	11:56 h	12:19 pm
Yambio	06:19 am	06:21 pm	12:01 h	12:20 pm
Gogrial	06:24 am	06:18 pm	11:54 h	12:21 pm
Wau	06:24 am	06:19 pm	11:56 h	12:22 pm
Tambura	06:24 am	06:23 pm	11:59 h	12:24 pm
Aweil	06:27 am	06:21 pm	11:54 h	12:24 pm

Sunrise and sunset by month for Juba

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
January	06:05 am	06:00 pm	11:55 h	12:03 pm
February	06:07 am	06:07 pm	12:00 h	12:07 pm
March	05:58 am	06:06 pm	12:07 h	12:02 pm
April	05:45 am	06:01 pm	12:16 h	11:53 am
May	05:38 am	06:01 pm	12:23 h	11:50 am
June	05:40 am	06:07 pm	12:26 h	11:54 am
July	05:47 am	06:12 pm	12:25 h	11:59 am
August	05:48 am	06:07 pm	12:19 h	11:58 am
September	05:43 am	05:54 pm	12:11 h	11:48 am
October	05:37 am	05:40 pm	12:03 h	11:39 am
November	05:40 am	05:36 pm	11:56 h	11:38 am
December	05:52 am	05:45 pm	11:53 h	11:48 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. Juba lies on the 5th degree of northern latitude and thus very close to the equator. While a sunset in the northern USA or central Europe can take almost an hour, in South Sudan, it lasts only an average of 24 minutes. South Sudan is so close to the equator that there is no noticeable difference even between June and December.

The sun between the tropics

The capital Juba is located at 5 degrees north latitude and therefore also between the tropics. The sun swings back and forth between them over the course of the year. At the solstice on June 21, it is perpendicular above the northern tropic, and on December 21 above the southern tropic. If a country like South Sudan lies between these tropics, the sun crosses its latitude twice a year and then shines vertically from above. For Juba, this is on April 2nd and September 10th. In between, the sun shines from the north, otherwise from the south. In Wau, around 510 km away, it is April 10th and September 3rd.

Unlike in countries that are far away from the equator, the angle of the sun is quite large here. The sun is much higher in the sky at midday and therefore shines with a high intensity. It has the smallest angle, i.e. the smallest distance from the horizon, at the winter solstice on December 22nd. Then, even at midday, it is only 61.7 degrees above the southern horizon. For comparison: in New York, the sun only reaches an angle of 73 degrees at the height of summer.

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 Juba resp. Central Equatoria region, we have shown the approximate sunshine duration in the graph here.

In June, the sun shines for around 4:54 hours a day. In contrast, the day is 12:26 hours long. This means that the visual obstruction is around 7:32 hours per day. In December, on the other hand, it is 5:29 of 11:53 hours.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
Berlin (Germany)	07:18 am	05:22 pm	10:04 h	12:20 pm
New York (USA)	06:46 am	05:33 pm	10:47 h	12:10 pm
Sydney (Australia)	06:29 am	07:48 pm	13:19 h	01:09 pm
Manila (Philippines)	06:18 am	06:01 pm	11:43 h	12:10 pm
Moscow (Russia)	07:49 am	05:37 pm	9:48 h	12:43 pm
Shanghai (China)	06:33 am	05:43 pm	11:10 h	12:08 pm
Helsinki (Finland)	07:53 am	05:14 pm	9:21 h	12:34 pm