Sunrise and sunset times in Cape Town
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Cape Town, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
Today
October 9, 2026. Current time: 6:11:16 pm
First light at 5:47:26 am Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:12:42 am
Sunset time: 6:55:01 pm
Last light at 7:20:21 pm End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: 8.2° · Azimuth: 268° (W)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 12 hours, 42 minutes
43 minutes left for today's sunset in Cape Town
Moon rose on Oct 9 at 5:19 AM
Moon set on Oct 9 at 5:56 PMMoon phase: 🌒 Waning Crescent (1%)🌑 New moon: Oct 10 at 5:50 PM · 🌕 Full moon: Oct 26 at 6:11 AMTomorrow
October 10, 2026
First light at 5:46:05 am Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:11:23 am
Sunset time: 6:55:48 pm
Last light at 7:21:09 pm End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.
Day length: 12 hours, 44 minutes
Tomorrow will be approximately 2 minutes longer than today in Cape Town
Moon will rise on Oct 10 at 5:46 AM Moon will set on Oct 10 at 6:58 PMMoon phase: 🌑 New Moon (0.2%)
- Cape Town, Western Cape
- Latitude: -33.925838 (South)
- Longitude: 18.42322 (East)
- Time zone: South Africa Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2)
Shortest day in Cape Town, Western Cape
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, 53 minutes.Longest day in Cape Town, Western Cape
The longest day of the year will be in 2 months and 12 days, during the summer solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 14 hours, 25 minutes.
October 2026 - Cape Town, Western Cape - 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 Cape Town.
All times are in Cape Town's time: South Africa Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2).
The day length increases by 1 hour, 1 minute over the course of October 2026 in Cape Town, Western Cape - from 12 hours, 25 minutes on the first day to 13 hours, 26 minutes on the last day.
| Day | First Light Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light. | Sunrise | Sunset | Last Light End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors. | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar Noon Time of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. | Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night Length Calculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise. | Moon phase | Solar Midnight | Sun Declination The latitude where the Sun is directly overhead at solar noon (the Sun's declination). It moves between the two tropics through the year. |
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| Thu, Oct 1 | Twilight start Start of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.5:58:27 am | 6:23:29 am | 6:49:03 pm | Twilight end End of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.7:14:08 pm | 12h 25m 34s | 2m 6s | Solar noon Time of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:36:19 pm | 59.4° | 5:29:06 am | 7:43:33 pm | 4:59:15 am | 8:13:29 pm | Night length Calculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.11h 33m 4s | 🌔 (69%) | 12:36:29 am | 3.3° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 5:57:04 am | 6:22:07 am | 6:49:47 pm | 7:14:53 pm | 12h 27m 40s | 2m 6s | 12:36:00 pm | 59.7° | 5:27:40 am | 7:44:21 pm | 4:57:45 am | 8:14:22 pm | 11h 30m 58s | 🌔 (57%) | 12:36:10 am | 3.7° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 5:55:40 am | 6:20:45 am | 6:50:31 pm | 7:15:39 pm | 12h 29m 46s | 2m 6s | 12:35:41 pm | 60.1° | 5:26:14 am | 7:45:10 pm | 4:56:14 am | 8:15:14 pm | 11h 28m 52s | 🌓 (46%) Last quarter at 3:25 pm |
12:35:51 am | 4.1° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 5:54:17 am | 6:19:23 am | 6:51:15 pm | 7:16:25 pm | 12h 31m 52s | 2m 6s | 12:35:22 pm | 60.5° | 5:24:47 am | 7:45:59 pm | 4:54:44 am | 8:16:08 pm | 11h 26m 47s | 🌒 (35%) | 12:35:32 am | 4.4° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 5:52:54 am | 6:18:02 am | 6:52:00 pm | 7:17:11 pm | 12h 33m 58s | 2m 6s | 12:35:03 pm | 60.9° | 5:23:21 am | 7:46:48 pm | 4:53:13 am | 8:17:02 pm | 11h 24m 41s | 🌒 (25%) | 12:35:13 am | 4.8° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 5:51:31 am | 6:16:41 am | 6:52:45 pm | 7:17:58 pm | 12h 36m 4s | 2m 6s | 12:34:44 pm | 61.3° | 5:21:56 am | 7:47:38 pm | 4:51:43 am | 8:17:57 pm | 11h 22m 36s | 🌒 (16%) | 12:34:53 am | 5.2° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 5:50:09 am | 6:15:21 am | 6:53:30 pm | 7:18:45 pm | 12h 38m 9s | 2m 6s | 12:34:27 pm | 61.7° | 5:20:30 am | 7:48:29 pm | 4:50:12 am | 8:18:53 pm | 11h 20m 31s | 🌒 (8%) | 12:34:36 am | 5.6° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 5:48:47 am | 6:14:01 am | 6:54:15 pm | 7:19:33 pm | 12h 40m 14s | 2m 5s | 12:34:09 pm | 62° | 5:19:05 am | 7:49:20 pm | 4:48:42 am | 8:19:49 pm | 11h 18m 27s | 🌒 (3%) | 12:34:18 am | 6.0° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 5:47:26 am | 6:12:42 am | 6:55:01 pm | 7:20:21 pm | 12h 42m 19s | 2m 5s | 12:33:52 pm | 62.4° | 5:17:40 am | 7:50:12 pm | 4:47:12 am | 8:20:46 pm | 11h 16m 22s | 🌒 (1%) | 12:34:01 am | 6.4° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 5:46:05 am | 6:11:23 am | 6:55:48 pm | 7:21:09 pm | 12h 44m 25s | 2m 5s | 12:33:35 pm | 62.8° | 5:16:15 am | 7:51:04 pm | 4:45:42 am | 8:21:44 pm | 11h 14m 17s | 🌑 (0.2%) New moon at 5:50 pm |
12:33:43 am | 6.7° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 5:44:44 am | 6:10:05 am | 6:56:34 pm | 7:21:58 pm | 12h 46m 29s | 2m 5s | 12:33:19 pm | 63.2° | 5:14:51 am | 7:51:57 pm | 4:44:12 am | 8:22:43 pm | 11h 12m 13s | 🌘 (2%) | 12:33:27 am | 7.1° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 5:43:24 am | 6:08:47 am | 6:57:21 pm | 7:22:48 pm | 12h 48m 34s | 2m 5s | 12:33:03 pm | 63.6° | 5:13:26 am | 7:52:50 pm | 4:42:42 am | 8:23:42 pm | 11h 10m 9s | 🌘 (5%) | 12:33:11 am | 7.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 5:42:05 am | 6:07:30 am | 6:58:08 pm | 7:23:37 pm | 12h 50m 38s | 2m 4s | 12:32:47 pm | 63.9° | 5:12:03 am | 7:53:45 pm | 4:41:12 am | 8:24:42 pm | 11h 8m 6s | 🌘 (11%) | 12:32:54 am | 7.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 5:40:46 am | 6:06:14 am | 6:58:56 pm | 7:24:28 pm | 12h 52m 42s | 2m 4s | 12:32:33 pm | 64.3° | 5:10:40 am | 7:54:39 pm | 4:39:43 am | 8:25:43 pm | 11h 6m 2s | 🌘 (17%) | 12:32:41 am | 8.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 5:39:27 am | 6:04:58 am | 6:59:44 pm | 7:25:19 pm | 12h 54m 46s | 2m 4s | 12:32:18 pm | 64.7° | 5:09:17 am | 7:55:35 pm | 4:38:14 am | 8:26:44 pm | 11h 3m 59s | 🌘 (25%) | 12:32:25 am | 8.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 5:38:10 am | 6:03:43 am | 7:00:33 pm | 7:26:10 pm | 12h 56m 50s | 2m 3s | 12:32:05 pm | 65° | 5:07:55 am | 7:56:31 pm | 4:36:46 am | 8:27:47 pm | 11h 1m 56s | 🌘 (34%) | 12:32:12 am | 9.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 5:36:53 am | 6:02:29 am | 7:01:22 pm | 7:27:02 pm | 12h 58m 53s | 2m 3s | 12:31:51 pm | 65.4° | 5:06:33 am | 7:57:27 pm | 4:35:17 am | 8:28:50 pm | 10h 59m 53s | 🌘 (43%) | 12:31:57 am | 9.3° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 5:35:36 am | 6:01:15 am | 7:02:11 pm | 7:27:54 pm | 13h 0m 56s | 2m 3s | 12:31:39 pm | 65.8° | 5:05:12 am | 7:58:24 pm | 4:33:50 am | 8:29:54 pm | 10h 57m 52s | 🌗 (52%) First quarter at 6:12 pm |
12:31:45 am | 9.7° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 5:34:21 am | 6:00:03 am | 7:03:01 pm | 7:28:47 pm | 13h 2m 58s | 2m 2s | 12:31:27 pm | 66.1° | 5:03:51 am | 7:59:22 pm | 4:32:22 am | 8:30:59 pm | 10h 55m 50s | 🌖 (62%) | 12:31:33 am | 10.1° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 5:33:06 am | 5:58:51 am | 7:03:51 pm | 7:29:40 pm | 13h 5m 0s | 2m 2s | 12:31:15 pm | 66.5° | 5:02:32 am | 8:00:20 pm | 4:30:56 am | 8:32:04 pm | 10h 53m 49s | 🌖 (71%) | 12:31:21 am | 10.4° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 5:31:52 am | 5:57:40 am | 7:04:41 pm | 7:30:34 pm | 13h 7m 1s | 2m 1s | 12:31:04 pm | 66.9° | 5:01:12 am | 8:01:19 pm | 4:29:29 am | 8:33:10 pm | 10h 51m 49s | 🌖 (80%) | 12:31:09 am | 10.8° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 5:30:39 am | 5:56:30 am | 7:05:32 pm | 7:31:28 pm | 13h 9m 2s | 2m 1s | 12:30:54 pm | 67.2° | 4:59:54 am | 8:02:19 pm | 4:28:04 am | 8:34:17 pm | 10h 49m 49s | 🌖 (87%) | 12:30:59 am | 11.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 5:29:26 am | 5:55:21 am | 7:06:24 pm | 7:32:23 pm | 13h 11m 3s | 2m 0s | 12:30:45 pm | 67.6° | 4:58:36 am | 8:03:19 pm | 4:26:38 am | 8:35:25 pm | 10h 47m 49s | 🌖 (94%) | 12:30:50 am | 11.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 5:28:15 am | 5:54:13 am | 7:07:15 pm | 7:33:18 pm | 13h 13m 2s | 2m 0s | 12:30:36 pm | 67.9° | 4:57:20 am | 8:04:20 pm | 4:25:14 am | 8:36:34 pm | 10h 45m 52s | 🌖 (98%) | 12:30:40 am | 11.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 5:27:04 am | 5:53:07 am | 7:08:08 pm | 7:34:14 pm | 13h 15m 1s | 1m 59s | 12:30:28 pm | 68.3° | 4:56:04 am | 8:05:21 pm | 4:23:50 am | 8:37:43 pm | 10h 43m 53s | 🌖 (99.7%) | 12:30:32 am | 12.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 5:25:55 am | 5:52:01 am | 7:09:00 pm | 7:35:10 pm | 13h 16m 59s | 1m 58s | 12:30:21 pm | 68.6° | 4:54:48 am | 8:06:23 pm | 4:22:27 am | 8:38:53 pm | 10h 41m 56s | 🌕 (99%) Full moon at 6:11 am |
12:30:25 am | 12.5° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 5:24:46 am | 5:50:56 am | 7:09:53 pm | 7:36:07 pm | 13h 18m 57s | 1m 58s | 12:30:14 pm | 68.9° | 4:53:34 am | 8:07:26 pm | 4:21:05 am | 8:40:03 pm | 10h 39m 59s | 🌔 (96%) | 12:30:17 am | 12.9° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 5:23:39 am | 5:49:52 am | 7:10:46 pm | 7:37:04 pm | 13h 20m 54s | 1m 57s | 12:30:08 pm | 69.3° | 4:52:21 am | 8:08:29 pm | 4:19:43 am | 8:41:15 pm | 10h 38m 4s | 🌔 (90%) | 12:30:11 am | 13.2° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 5:22:33 am | 5:48:50 am | 7:11:40 pm | 7:38:02 pm | 13h 22m 50s | 1m 56s | 12:30:03 pm | 69.6° | 4:51:08 am | 8:09:32 pm | 4:18:23 am | 8:42:27 pm | 10h 36m 8s | 🌔 (81%) | 12:30:05 am | 13.5° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 5:21:27 am | 5:47:48 am | 7:12:34 pm | 7:39:00 pm | 13h 24m 46s | 1m 55s | 12:29:59 pm | 69.9° | 4:49:57 am | 8:10:36 pm | 4:17:03 am | 8:43:40 pm | 10h 34m 14s | 🌔 (72%) | 12:30:01 am | 13.9° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 5:20:23 am | 5:46:48 am | 7:13:29 pm | 7:39:58 pm | 13h 26m 41s | 1m 55s | 12:29:55 pm | 70.3° | 4:48:47 am | 8:11:41 pm | 4:15:44 am | 8:44:53 pm | 10h 32m 20s | 🌔 (61%) | 12:29:57 am | 14.2° S |
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Sunrise and Sunset photos in Cape Town, Western Cape
Enjoy this beautiful gallery of images of the sunset and sunrise at Cape Town, Western Cape.
Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Cape Town, Western Cape - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Cape Town, Western Cape for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Cape Town
In Cape Town, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on December 5 at 5:28 am, while the latest sunrise is on June 30 at 7:52 am. The earliest sunset is on June 11 at 5:43 pm, and the latest sunset is on January 6 at 8:01 pm.
Cape Town gets 4h 31m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (14h 25m versus 9h 53m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 06m.
Cape Town Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Cape Town. 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 Cape Town.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 31.5° above the horizon (around Jun 23) and 76.1° (around Dec 11) in Cape Town. The smaller loop hangs at the bottom, the signature of a Southern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Cape Town the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:29 and 13:00 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.