How the light changes today

Each colour is a stage of the sky, from full night to full daylight and back. The marker is the time in Stockholm right now.

Morning

Astronomical dawn04:32
Nautical dawn05:19
Civil dawn · blue hour06:07
Golden hour begins06:23
Sunrise06:50
Golden hour ends07:51

Solar noon

11:32

Sun 18.5° above the horizon

Evening

Golden hour begins15:11
Sunset16:13
Golden hour ends · blue hour16:39
Civil dusk16:56
Nautical dusk17:43
Astronomical dusk18:30

What do civil, nautical and astronomical twilight mean? Read the guide →

Where the sun rises and sets

Directions from Stockholm today. The shaded fans show how far sunrise and sunset swing between June and December; the dot is the sun right now.

Sunrise at 06:50In June it rises at 36° NE, in December at 139° SE113° ESE

Sunset at 16:13In June it sets at 324° NW, in December at 221° SW247° WSW

Coming up in Stockholm

Days are getting shorter

−5.1 min a day

Shortest day 21 Dec, in 57 days

Sunrise and sunset on any date

Pick a day of 2026 to see its sunrise, sunset and daylight in Stockholm.

Choose a date

Sunday, 21 June 2026

Sunrise03:31

Sunset22:08

Daylight18 h 37 min

First light (civil dawn): 01:59 · Last light (civil dusk): 23:40
Moon 46% lit

The moon tonight

Full moon

99% lit · 14.0 days old

Moonrise: 15:22
Moonset: 05:53
Full moon: tomorrow
New moon: 9 Nov

Today
99%

Mon
100%

Tue
97%

Wed
92%

Thu
85%

Fri
76%

Sat
65%

Today in Stockholm

Today the sun rises over Stockholm at 06:50 and sets at 16:13, giving 9 h 24 min of daylight.

This far north the sun sets at a shallow angle, so twilight in Stockholm lasts far longer than the clock times suggest.

Across 2026 the day length in Stockholm swings by 12 h 32 min, from 6 h 5 min on 21 December to 18 h 37 min on 21 June.

The earliest sunrise of 2026 falls on 19 June, at 03:31 - not on the longest day, because the equation of time pulls the two apart.

The moon is waxing tonight, 99% lit.

A year of daylight in Stockholm

Every column is one day of 2026, from midnight at the top to midnight at the bottom. Hover or drag across it to read any day.

Longest day

18 h 37 min

21 June

Shortest day

6 h 5 min

21 December

Earliest sunrise

03:31

19 June, not on the longest day

Latest sunset

22:08

23 June

Clocks forward · 29 Mar

Clocks back · 25 Oct

Today Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 16:13 Daylight 9 h 24 min Dark from 18:30

DaylightCivil twilightNautical twilightAstronomical twilightNight

The light in Stockholm, season by season

Through the year

146 days with more than 14 hours of daylight, from 10 April to 2 September.
The sun sets at 21:00 or later on 90 days, from 9 May to 6 August.
Earliest sunset of the year: 14:47 on 16 December, 5 days before the shortest day.
Latest sunrise: 08:45 on 27 December, 6 days after the shortest day.

For photographers

Golden hour this evening: 15:11–16:39, with the sun low in the south-west (243°).
Blue hour right after: 16:39–16:56.
Over the week the evening golden hour moves from 15:11 today to 14:52 on 31 October.
Tomorrow's morning golden hour: 06:25–07:54.

Stockholm compared with other cities

How much daylight each city gets between the shortest and the longest day of 2026.

On 21 June Paris gets 2 h 26 min less daylight than Stockholm, and on 21 December 2 h 10 min more.

StockholmThis page

6 h 5 min – 18 h 37 min

Oslo417 km away

5 h 54 min – 18 h 50 min

Berlin810 km away

7 h 39 min – 16 h 50 min

Moscow1,227 km away

7 h 0 min – 17 h 34 min

Paris1,544 km away

8 h 15 min – 16 h 11 min

Each bar runs from the shortest to the longest day of the year.

October 2026 in Stockholm

Sunrise, sunset and day length for every day of the month. The bar shows where the daylight falls in the 24 hours.

Sunrise, sunset and day length for every day of October 2026 in Stockholm, SE.
Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Change
1Thu	06:52	18:21	11 h 29 min	−5 min
2Fri	06:55	18:18	11 h 23 min	−6 min
3Sat	06:57	18:15	11 h 18 min	−5 min
4Sun	06:59	18:12	11 h 13 min	−5 min
5Mon	07:02	18:09	11 h 8 min	−5 min
6Tue	07:04	18:06	11 h 2 min	−6 min
7Wed	07:06	18:04	10 h 57 min	−5 min
8Thu	07:09	18:01	10 h 52 min	−5 min
9Fri	07:11	17:58	10 h 47 min	−5 min
10Sat	07:13	17:55	10 h 41 min	−6 min
11Sun	07:16	17:52	10 h 36 min	−5 min
12Mon	07:18	17:49	10 h 31 min	−5 min
13Tue	07:21	17:46	10 h 26 min	−5 min
14Wed	07:23	17:43	10 h 21 min	−5 min
15Thu	07:25	17:41	10 h 15 min	−6 min
16Fri	07:28	17:38	10 h 10 min	−5 min
17Sat	07:30	17:35	10 h 5 min	−5 min
18Sun	07:32	17:32	10 h 0 min	−5 min
19Mon	07:35	17:29	9 h 54 min	−6 min
20Tue	07:37	17:27	9 h 49 min	−5 min
21Wed	07:40	17:24	9 h 44 min	−5 min
22Thu	07:42	17:21	9 h 39 min	−5 min
23Fri	07:45	17:18	9 h 34 min	−5 min
24Sat	07:47	17:16	9 h 29 min	−5 min
25Sun	06:50	16:13	9 h 24 min	−5 min
26Mon	06:52	16:10	9 h 18 min	−6 min
27Tue	06:54	16:08	9 h 13 min	−5 min
28Wed	06:57	16:05	9 h 8 min	−5 min
29Thu	06:59	16:02	9 h 3 min	−5 min
30Fri	07:02	16:00	8 h 58 min	−5 min
31Sat	07:04	15:57	8 h 53 min	−5 min

Common questions about the sun in Stockholm

What time does the sun rise in Stockholm?

Today the sun rises in Stockholm at 06:50, local time.

What time does the sun set in Stockholm?

Today the sun sets in Stockholm at 16:13, local time.

How long is the day in Stockholm today?

Stockholm gets 9 h 24 min of daylight today, from sunrise to sunset.

When is the longest day of the year in Stockholm?

The longest day of 2026 in Stockholm is 21 June, with 18 h 37 min of daylight.

What phase is the moon in tonight?

The moon is waxing over Stockholm tonight, 99% lit.

Where does the sun rise in Stockholm?

Today it rises in the south-east (113°). Through the year the sunrise point swings from the north-east (36°) in June to the south-east (139°) in December.

When is golden hour in Stockholm today?

In the morning from 06:23 to 07:51, and in the evening from 15:11 to 16:39.

When is the earliest sunset in Stockholm?

On 16 December, at 14:47. It comes 5 days before the shortest day, which is 21 December.

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Sunrise and sunset in Stockholm