Times For Sunrise And Sunset In Syria

Times for sunrise and sunset in SyriaSunrise today: 7:37 hSunset today: 17:39 h(Times for Damascus)

Sunrise and sunset times in Syria 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 Damascus lasts almost 15 hours and the days start about 2 hours later

During these days, the sun in Damascus rises at 7:37. The early sunset at 17:39 makes the day currently a bit too short.Back to overview: Syria

Average length of day in Damascus

sunshine duration twilight phase

Sunrise and sunset in the most important cities of Syria

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 2nd., localtime in Syria

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
Deir ez-Zor	07:26 am	05:19 pm	9:53 h	12:23 pm
Ar Raqqah	07:33 am	05:22 pm	9:50 h	12:27 pm
Ath Thawrah	07:34 am	05:24 pm	9:50 h	12:29 pm
Al Bab	07:40 am	05:27 pm	9:48 h	12:33 pm
As Safirah	07:39 am	05:29 pm	9:49 h	12:34 pm
Aleppo	07:41 am	05:29 pm	9:48 h	12:35 pm
As Salamiyah	07:38 am	05:33 pm	9:55 h	12:35 pm
Hamah	07:39 am	05:33 pm	9:54 h	12:36 pm
Homs	07:39 am	05:35 pm	9:56 h	12:37 pm
Idlib	07:42 am	05:32 pm	9:50 h	12:37 pm
Douma	07:37 am	05:39 pm	10:02 h	12:38 pm
Damascus	07:37 am	05:39 pm	10:02 h	12:38 pm
Dar'a	07:36 am	05:42 pm	10:06 h	12:39 pm
Tartouss	07:42 am	05:38 pm	9:55 h	12:40 pm
Latakia	07:44 am	05:36 pm	9:52 h	12:40 pm

Sunrise and sunset by month for Damascus

Month	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
January	07:37 am	05:50 pm	10:13 h	12:44 pm
February	07:17 am	06:20 pm	11:03 h	12:48 pm
March	06:43 am	06:43 pm	12:00 h	12:43 pm
April	06:03 am	07:06 pm	13:04 h	12:34 pm
May	05:33 am	07:29 pm	13:56 h	12:31 pm
June	05:23 am	07:47 pm	14:25 h	12:35 pm
July	05:34 am	07:47 pm	14:13 h	12:40 pm
August	05:55 am	07:22 pm	13:27 h	12:39 pm
September	06:16 am	06:43 pm	12:26 h	12:30 pm
October	06:38 am	06:03 pm	11:25 h	12:20 pm
November	07:04 am	05:33 pm	10:29 h	12:19 pm
December	07:30 am	05:29 pm	10:00 h	12:29 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. Damascus lies on the 34th 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 Syria, this period averages 30 minutes. In June, it's about 32 minutes in Damascus, while in December it's 29 minutes.

The sun always shines from the south

The capital Damascus is located at 34 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 Damascus 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 33 degrees above the horizon. (0 degrees is at the height of the horizon, 90 degrees would be a position directly above Damascus.) It reaches its highest point at noon on June 21st. Then the sun shines down at an angle of 79.9 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 Damascus resp. Dimashq region, we have shown the approximate sunshine duration in the graph here.

In June, the sun shines for around 12:06 hours a day. In contrast, the day is 14:25 hours long. This means that the visual obstruction is around 2:19 hours per day. In December, on the other hand, it is 3:30 of 10:00 hours.

International cities for comparison

City	Sunrise	Sunset	Hours of daylight	Solar noon
Berlin (Germany)	08:14 am	04:06 pm	7:51 h	12:10 pm
New York (USA)	07:18 am	04:40 pm	9:23 h	11:59 am
Sydney (Australia)	05:47 am	08:11 pm	14:24 h	12:59 pm
Manila (Philippines)	06:20 am	05:39 pm	11:19 h	11:59 am
Moscow (Russia)	08:56 am	04:10 pm	7:15 h	12:33 pm
Shanghai (China)	06:51 am	05:04 pm	10:13 h	11:58 am
Helsinki (Finland)	09:20 am	03:28 pm	6:08 h	12:24 pm

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