Sunrise and sunset times in Cardiff
Check out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Cardiff, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 2, 2026. Current time: 3:14:13 pm
First light at 6:29:44 am
Sunrise time: 6:55:19 am
Sunset time: 7:29:46 pm
Last light at 7:55:21 pm
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 44.8° · Azimuth: 315° (NW)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 34 minutes
4 hours, 15 minutes left for today's sunset in Cardiff
Moon rose on Oct 2 at 12:57 AM
Moon set on Oct 2 at 9:57 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (67%)🌑 New moon: Oct 11 at 4:50 AM · 🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 5:13 PMTomorrow
October 3, 2026
First light at 6:28:07 am
Sunrise time: 6:53:43 am
Sunset time: 7:30:44 pm
Last light at 7:56:21 pm
Day length: 12 hours, 37 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 3 minutes longer than today in Cardiff
Moon will rise on Oct 3 at 2:04 AM Moon will set on Oct 3 at 10:59 AMMoon phase: 🌔 Waning Gibbous (51%)
- Cardiff, Taranaki
- Latitude: -39.366669 (South)
- Longitude: 174.233337 (East)
- Time zone: New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT, UTC+13)
Shortest day in Cardiff, Taranaki
The shortest day of the year was around 3 months ago, during the winter solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 9 hours and 26 minutes.Longest day in Cardiff, Taranaki
The longest day of the year will be in 2 months and 20 days, during the summer solstice on December 22, 2026, with a daylight length of 15 hours and 0 minutes.
October 2026 - Cardiff, Taranaki - Sunrise and sunset calendar
Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times as well as solar noon, and day length for every day of October in Cardiff.
The day length increases by 1 hour, 14 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Cardiff, Taranaki - from 12 hours, 31 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 46 minutes on the last day.
| Day | First Light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last Light | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar Noon
Time of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.
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Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night Length
Calculated form this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.
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Moon phase |
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| Thu, Oct 1 | 6:31:22 am | 6:56:55 am | 7:28:49 pm | 7:54:22 pm | 12h 31m 54s | 2m 34s | 1:12:52 pm | 53.7° | 5:59:40 am | 8:26:04 pm | 5:27:11 am | 8:58:33 pm | 11h 26m 30s | 🌔 (73%) |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:29:44 am | 6:55:19 am | 7:29:46 pm | 7:55:21 pm | 12h 34m 27s | 2m 33s | 1:12:33 pm | 54.1° | 5:57:58 am | 8:27:07 pm | 5:25:23 am | 8:59:42 pm | 11h 23m 57s | 🌔 (63%) |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:28:07 am | 6:53:43 am | 7:30:44 pm | 7:56:21 pm | 12h 37m 1s | 2m 34s | 1:12:14 pm | 54.5° | 5:56:17 am | 8:28:11 pm | 5:23:36 am | 9:00:51 pm | 11h 21m 23s | 🌔 (51%) |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:26:29 am | 6:52:07 am | 7:31:43 pm | 7:57:21 pm | 12h 39m 36s | 2m 35s | 1:11:55 pm | 54.9° | 5:54:35 am | 8:29:15 pm | 5:21:48 am | 9:02:02 pm | 11h 18m 49s | 🌓 (40%) |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:24:52 am | 6:50:32 am | 7:32:41 pm | 7:58:21 pm | 12h 42m 9s | 2m 33s | 1:11:37 pm | 55.3° | 5:52:54 am | 8:30:19 pm | 5:20:00 am | 9:03:13 pm | 11h 16m 16s | 🌒 (29%) |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:23:15 am | 6:48:57 am | 7:33:40 pm | 7:59:22 pm | 12h 44m 43s | 2m 34s | 1:11:19 pm | 55.7° | 5:51:13 am | 8:31:25 pm | 5:18:12 am | 9:04:25 pm | 11h 13m 43s | 🌒 (20%) |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:21:38 am | 6:47:23 am | 7:34:39 pm | 8:00:24 pm | 12h 47m 16s | 2m 33s | 1:11:01 pm | 56.1° | 5:49:31 am | 8:32:30 pm | 5:16:24 am | 9:05:38 pm | 11h 11m 10s | 🌒 (12%) |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:20:02 am | 6:45:49 am | 7:35:38 pm | 8:01:26 pm | 12h 49m 49s | 2m 33s | 1:10:44 pm | 56.4° | 5:47:51 am | 8:33:37 pm | 5:14:36 am | 9:06:51 pm | 11h 8m 38s | 🌒 (5%) |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:18:26 am | 6:44:16 am | 7:36:38 pm | 8:02:28 pm | 12h 52m 22s | 2m 33s | 1:10:27 pm | 56.8° | 5:46:10 am | 8:34:44 pm | 5:12:48 am | 9:08:06 pm | 11h 6m 5s | 🌒 (2%) |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:16:50 am | 6:42:43 am | 7:37:38 pm | 8:03:31 pm | 12h 54m 55s | 2m 33s | 1:10:11 pm | 57.2° | 5:44:29 am | 8:35:52 pm | 5:11:00 am | 9:09:21 pm | 11h 3m 33s | 🌒 (0.0%) |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:15:15 am | 6:41:11 am | 7:38:39 pm | 8:04:34 pm | 12h 57m 28s | 2m 33s | 1:09:55 pm | 57.6° | 5:42:49 am | 8:37:00 pm | 5:09:12 am | 9:10:37 pm | 11h 1m 0s | 🌑 (1%) |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:13:41 am | 6:39:39 am | 7:39:40 pm | 8:05:38 pm | 13h 0m 1s | 2m 33s | 1:09:39 pm | 58° | 5:41:09 am | 8:38:09 pm | 5:07:24 am | 9:11:55 pm | 10h 58m 28s | 🌘 (3%) |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:12:07 am | 6:38:08 am | 7:40:41 pm | 8:06:42 pm | 13h 2m 33s | 2m 32s | 1:09:24 pm | 58.3° | 5:39:30 am | 8:39:19 pm | 5:05:36 am | 9:13:13 pm | 10h 55m 57s | 🌘 (8%) |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:10:33 am | 6:36:38 am | 7:41:42 pm | 8:07:47 pm | 13h 5m 4s | 2m 31s | 1:09:10 pm | 58.7° | 5:37:51 am | 8:40:30 pm | 5:03:49 am | 9:14:32 pm | 10h 53m 26s | 🌘 (14%) |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:09:01 am | 6:35:08 am | 7:42:44 pm | 8:08:52 pm | 13h 7m 36s | 2m 32s | 1:08:56 pm | 59.1° | 5:36:12 am | 8:41:41 pm | 5:02:01 am | 9:15:51 pm | 10h 50m 55s | 🌘 (21%) |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:07:28 am | 6:33:39 am | 7:43:47 pm | 8:09:58 pm | 13h 10m 8s | 2m 32s | 1:08:43 pm | 59.4° | 5:34:33 am | 8:42:52 pm | 5:00:14 am | 9:17:12 pm | 10h 48m 24s | 🌘 (30%) |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:05:57 am | 6:32:11 am | 7:44:49 pm | 8:11:04 pm | 13h 12m 38s | 2m 30s | 1:08:30 pm | 59.8° | 5:32:56 am | 8:44:05 pm | 4:58:27 am | 9:18:34 pm | 10h 45m 55s | 🌘 (39%) |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:04:26 am | 6:30:44 am | 7:45:52 pm | 8:12:10 pm | 13h 15m 8s | 2m 30s | 1:08:18 pm | 60.2° | 5:31:18 am | 8:45:18 pm | 4:56:40 am | 9:19:56 pm | 10h 43m 26s | 🌘 (48%) |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:02:56 am | 6:29:18 am | 7:46:56 pm | 8:13:17 pm | 13h 17m 38s | 2m 30s | 1:08:07 pm | 60.5° | 5:29:42 am | 8:46:32 pm | 4:54:53 am | 9:21:20 pm | 10h 40m 56s | 🌗 (57%) |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:01:26 am | 6:27:52 am | 7:47:59 pm | 8:14:25 pm | 13h 20m 7s | 2m 29s | 1:07:56 pm | 60.9° | 5:28:06 am | 8:47:46 pm | 4:53:07 am | 9:22:44 pm | 10h 38m 28s | 🌖 (67%) |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:59:58 am | 6:26:27 am | 7:49:04 pm | 8:15:33 pm | 13h 22m 37s | 2m 30s | 1:07:45 pm | 61.3° | 5:26:30 am | 8:49:01 pm | 4:51:21 am | 9:24:09 pm | 10h 36m 0s | 🌖 (76%) |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:58:30 am | 6:25:04 am | 7:50:08 pm | 8:16:42 pm | 13h 25m 4s | 2m 27s | 1:07:36 pm | 61.6° | 5:24:55 am | 8:50:16 pm | 4:49:36 am | 9:25:36 pm | 10h 33m 33s | 🌖 (84%) |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:57:03 am | 6:23:41 am | 7:51:13 pm | 8:17:51 pm | 13h 27m 32s | 2m 28s | 1:07:27 pm | 62° | 5:23:21 am | 8:51:33 pm | 4:47:51 am | 9:27:03 pm | 10h 31m 6s | 🌖 (91%) |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:55:37 am | 6:22:19 am | 7:52:18 pm | 8:19:00 pm | 13h 29m 59s | 2m 27s | 1:07:19 pm | 62.3° | 5:21:48 am | 8:52:50 pm | 4:46:07 am | 9:28:31 pm | 10h 28m 40s | 🌖 (96%) |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:54:12 am | 6:20:58 am | 7:53:24 pm | 8:20:10 pm | 13h 32m 26s | 2m 27s | 1:07:11 pm | 62.7° | 5:20:15 am | 8:54:07 pm | 4:44:23 am | 9:29:59 pm | 10h 26m 15s | 🌖 (99%) |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:52:48 am | 6:19:39 am | 7:54:30 pm | 8:21:21 pm | 13h 34m 51s | 2m 25s | 1:07:04 pm | 63° | 5:18:43 am | 8:55:25 pm | 4:42:40 am | 9:31:29 pm | 10h 23m 50s | 🌕 (99.8%) |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:51:25 am | 6:18:20 am | 7:55:36 pm | 8:22:32 pm | 13h 37m 16s | 2m 25s | 1:06:58 pm | 63.3° | 5:17:13 am | 8:56:44 pm | 4:40:57 am | 9:32:59 pm | 10h 21m 27s | 🌔 (98%) |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:50:03 am | 6:17:03 am | 7:56:43 pm | 8:23:43 pm | 13h 39m 40s | 2m 24s | 1:06:53 pm | 63.7° | 5:15:43 am | 8:58:03 pm | 4:39:15 am | 9:34:31 pm | 10h 19m 4s | 🌔 (93%) |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:48:42 am | 6:15:47 am | 7:57:50 pm | 8:24:54 pm | 13h 42m 3s | 2m 23s | 1:06:48 pm | 64° | 5:14:14 am | 8:59:23 pm | 4:37:34 am | 9:36:03 pm | 10h 16m 42s | 🌔 (86%) |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:47:22 am | 6:14:32 am | 7:58:57 pm | 8:26:06 pm | 13h 44m 25s | 2m 22s | 1:06:44 pm | 64.3° | 5:12:46 am | 9:00:43 pm | 4:35:54 am | 9:37:35 pm | 10h 14m 21s | 🌔 (76%) |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:46:04 am | 6:13:18 am | 8:00:05 pm | 8:27:19 pm | 13h 46m 47s | 2m 22s | 1:06:41 pm | 64.7° | 5:11:19 am | 9:02:04 pm | 4:34:14 am | 9:39:09 pm | 10h 12m 1s | 🌔 (66%) |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Cardiff, Taranaki
Enjoy this beautiful gallery of images of the sunset and sunrise at Cardiff, Taranaki. All images provided by our fantastic community of photographers!
Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Cardiff, Taranaki - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Cardiff, Taranaki for every day of the year. There are two jumps in the graph that represent the hour change for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in Cardiff, Taranaki.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon · Vertical steps in the curves = DST clock change
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Cardiff
In Cardiff, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 8 at 5:47 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 29 at 7:42 am. The earliest sunset is on June 13 at 5:07 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 4 at 8:54 pm.
Cardiff gets 5h 33m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (15h 00m versus 9h 26m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 09m.
Cardiff Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Cardiff. Throughout the year, it slowly traces this figure-eight:
Move along the curve to read the Sun's altitude and azimuth for any day of the year in Cardiff.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 26.9° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 73.5° (around Dec 17) in Cardiff. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Cardiff the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:06 and 12:37 depending on the time of year, but never at 12:00.
Detailed Analemma Chart
The technical chart below plots one dot per day, labels the first day of each month, marks the solstices, equinoxes, perihelion and aphelion, and draws the noon altitude of the equinoxes (90° minus your latitude) together with its ±23.4° seasonal limits.
Why does the figure look wider here than in the sky view above?
Both draw the same data, but with different conventions. The sky view uses the same scale on both axes, so it shows the analemma with its true proportions, as a camera would capture it: about 47° tall and only a few degrees wide. This chart, like most technical analemma diagrams, stretches each axis independently to fill the plot, expanding the narrow azimuth range several times so its day-to-day variation can actually be read. Also, azimuth is not sky distance: near the zenith, one degree of azimuth spans much less than one degree across the sky, which further widens the figure in this representation.
Places near Cardiff, Taranaki
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