Sunset and sunrise times in Kunming, China

In Kunming, China the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 18:47 and rises at 07:04. Daylight lasts 11h 42m; evening golden hour runs from 18:16 to 19:01.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light: 06:41
Sunrise: 07:04
Solar noon: 12:56
Sunset: 18:47
Last light: 19:10
Day length: 11h 42m

18h 45m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 18:16 – 19:01
Blue hour: 19:01 – 19:10
Max sun altitude: 58.3°
Moon: 🌘 Waning crescent
Moonrise / moonset: 06:37 / 18:30

The sun sets at 263° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 07:05 Sunset 18:46 Golden hour 18:15 – 19:00 Day length 11h 41m vs today 1 minute shorter

Where Kunming is

Coordinates: 25.0389° N, 102.7183° E
Time zone: Asia/Shanghai
Current offset: UTC+08:00
Elevation: 1,895 m
Population: 3,855,346

Sunrise and sunset in Kunming, October 2026

October 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Thu 1	06:38	07:01	12:58	18:56	19:19	11h 55m	−1:27	18:26–19:10	🌖 77%
Fri 2	06:38	07:01	12:58	18:55	19:18	11h 53m	−1:27	18:25–19:09	🌖 67%
Sat 3	06:38	07:01	12:58	18:54	19:17	11h 52m	−1:27	18:24–19:08	🌗 55%
Sun 4	06:39	07:02	12:57	18:53	19:16	11h 51m	−1:27	18:22–19:07	🌘 44%
Mon 5	06:39	07:02	12:57	18:52	19:15	11h 49m	−1:27	18:21–19:06	🌘 32%
Tue 6	06:40	07:03	12:57	18:51	19:14	11h 48m	−1:27	18:20–19:05	🌘 22%
Wed 7	06:40	07:03	12:57	18:50	19:13	11h 46m	−1:26	18:19–19:04	🌘 13%
Thu 8	06:41	07:03	12:56	18:49	19:12	11h 45m	−1:26	18:18–19:03	🌘 7%
Fri 9	06:41	07:04	12:56	18:48	19:11	11h 43m	−1:26	18:17–19:02	🌘 2%
Sat 10	06:41	07:04	12:56	18:47	19:10	11h 42m	−1:26	18:16–19:01	🌘 0%
Sun 11	06:42	07:05	12:55	18:46	19:09	11h 41m	−1:26	18:15–19:00	🌑 1%
Mon 12	06:42	07:05	12:55	18:45	19:08	11h 39m	−1:25	18:14–18:59	🌒 3%
Tue 13	06:43	07:06	12:55	18:44	19:07	11h 38m	−1:25	18:13–18:58	🌒 7%
Wed 14	06:43	07:06	12:55	18:43	19:06	11h 36m	−1:25	18:12–18:57	🌒 13%
Thu 15	06:44	07:07	12:54	18:42	19:05	11h 35m	−1:25	18:11–18:56	🌒 20%
Fri 16	06:44	07:07	12:54	18:41	19:04	11h 33m	−1:24	18:10–18:55	🌒 28%
Sat 17	06:44	07:08	12:54	18:40	19:03	11h 32m	−1:24	18:09–18:54	🌒 36%
Sun 18	06:45	07:08	12:54	18:39	19:02	11h 31m	−1:24	18:08–18:53	🌓 45%
Mon 19	06:45	07:09	12:54	18:38	19:01	11h 29m	−1:23	18:07–18:53	🌔 55%
Tue 20	06:46	07:09	12:53	18:37	19:01	11h 28m	−1:23	18:07–18:52	🌔 64%
Wed 21	06:46	07:10	12:53	18:37	19:00	11h 27m	−1:23	18:06–18:51	🌔 73%
Thu 22	06:47	07:10	12:53	18:36	18:59	11h 25m	−1:22	18:05–18:50	🌔 82%
Fri 23	06:47	07:11	12:53	18:35	18:58	11h 24m	−1:22	18:04–18:49	🌔 89%
Sat 24	06:48	07:11	12:53	18:34	18:57	11h 22m	−1:21	18:03–18:48	🌔 95%
Sun 25	06:48	07:12	12:53	18:33	18:57	11h 21m	−1:21	18:02–18:48	🌔 98%
Mon 26	06:49	07:12	12:53	18:33	18:56	11h 20m	−1:20	18:01–18:47	🌕 100%
Tue 27	06:49	07:13	12:52	18:32	18:55	11h 18m	−1:20	18:00–18:46	🌖 99%
Wed 28	06:50	07:13	12:52	18:31	18:54	11h 17m	−1:19	18:00–18:45	🌖 95%
Thu 29	06:51	07:14	12:52	18:30	18:54	11h 16m	−1:19	17:59–18:45	🌖 89%
Fri 30	06:51	07:15	12:52	18:30	18:53	11h 15m	−1:18	17:58–18:44	🌖 81%
Sat 31	06:52	07:15	12:52	18:29	18:52	11h 13m	−1:17	17:57–18:43	🌖 71%

More columns for October 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction

October 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date	Astro. dawn	Naut. dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Naut. dusk	Astro. dusk	Night	Max altitude	Sunset direction
Thu 1	05:45	06:11	07:01	18:56	19:45	20:12	12h 4m	61.8°	267° W
Fri 2	05:45	06:12	07:01	18:55	19:44	20:11	12h 6m	61.4°	266° W
Sat 3	05:45	06:12	07:01	18:54	19:43	20:10	12h 7m	61.0°	266° W
Sun 4	05:46	06:12	07:02	18:53	19:42	20:09	12h 9m	60.6°	265° W
Mon 5	05:46	06:13	07:02	18:52	19:41	20:08	12h 10m	60.2°	265° W
Tue 6	05:47	06:13	07:03	18:51	19:40	20:07	12h 12m	59.8°	265° W
Wed 7	05:47	06:14	07:03	18:50	19:39	20:06	12h 13m	59.5°	264° W
Thu 8	05:47	06:14	07:03	18:49	19:38	20:05	12h 15m	59.1°	264° W
Fri 9	05:48	06:14	07:04	18:48	19:37	20:04	12h 16m	58.7°	263° W
Sat 10	05:48	06:15	07:04	18:47	19:36	20:03	12h 17m	58.3°	263° W
Sun 11	05:49	06:15	07:05	18:46	19:35	20:02	12h 19m	57.9°	263° W
Mon 12	05:49	06:16	07:05	18:45	19:34	20:01	12h 20m	57.6°	262° W
Tue 13	05:50	06:16	07:06	18:44	19:33	20:00	12h 22m	57.2°	262° W
Wed 14	05:50	06:17	07:06	18:43	19:32	19:59	12h 23m	56.8°	261° W
Thu 15	05:50	06:17	07:07	18:42	19:32	19:58	12h 25m	56.4°	261° W
Fri 16	05:51	06:17	07:07	18:41	19:31	19:57	12h 26m	56.1°	260° W
Sat 17	05:51	06:18	07:08	18:40	19:30	19:56	12h 27m	55.7°	260° W
Sun 18	05:52	06:18	07:08	18:39	19:29	19:56	12h 29m	55.3°	260° W
Mon 19	05:52	06:19	07:09	18:38	19:28	19:55	12h 30m	55.0°	259° W
Tue 20	05:53	06:19	07:09	18:37	19:27	19:54	12h 32m	54.6°	259° W
Wed 21	05:53	06:20	07:10	18:37	19:27	19:53	12h 33m	54.3°	258° WSW
Thu 22	05:54	06:20	07:10	18:36	19:26	19:52	12h 34m	53.9°	258° WSW
Fri 23	05:54	06:21	07:11	18:35	19:25	19:52	12h 36m	53.6°	258° WSW
Sat 24	05:54	06:21	07:11	18:34	19:24	19:51	12h 37m	53.2°	257° WSW
Sun 25	05:55	06:22	07:12	18:33	19:23	19:50	12h 38m	52.9°	257° WSW
Mon 26	05:55	06:22	07:12	18:33	19:23	19:49	12h 40m	52.5°	257° WSW
Tue 27	05:56	06:23	07:13	18:32	19:22	19:49	12h 41m	52.2°	256° WSW
Wed 28	05:56	06:23	07:13	18:31	19:21	19:48	12h 42m	51.8°	256° WSW
Thu 29	05:57	06:24	07:14	18:30	19:21	19:47	12h 44m	51.5°	255° WSW
Fri 30	05:57	06:24	07:15	18:30	19:20	19:47	12h 45m	51.2°	255° WSW
Sat 31	05:58	06:25	07:15	18:29	19:19	19:46	12h 46m	50.9°	255° WSW

November 2026

November 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Sun 1	06:52	07:16	12:52	18:28	18:52	11h 12m	−1:17	17:57–18:43	🌖 59%
Mon 2	06:53	07:16	12:52	18:28	18:51	11h 11m	−1:16	17:56–18:42	🌗 48%
Tue 3	06:53	07:17	12:52	18:27	18:51	11h 9m	−1:15	17:55–18:41	🌘 36%
Wed 4	06:54	07:18	12:52	18:26	18:50	11h 8m	−1:14	17:55–18:41	🌘 26%
Thu 5	06:55	07:18	12:52	18:26	18:49	11h 7m	−1:14	17:54–18:40	🌘 17%
Fri 6	06:55	07:19	12:52	18:25	18:49	11h 6m	−1:13	17:53–18:40	🌘 10%
Sat 7	06:56	07:20	12:52	18:25	18:48	11h 5m	−1:12	17:53–18:39	🌘 4%
Sun 8	06:56	07:20	12:52	18:24	18:48	11h 3m	−1:11	17:52–18:39	🌘 1%
Mon 9	06:57	07:21	12:52	18:24	18:47	11h 2m	−1:10	17:51–18:38	🌑 0%
Tue 10	06:58	07:22	12:52	18:23	18:47	11h 1m	−1:09	17:51–18:38	🌒 1%
Wed 11	06:58	07:22	12:53	18:23	18:47	11h 0m	−1:08	17:50–18:37	🌒 4%
Thu 12	06:59	07:23	12:53	18:22	18:46	10h 59m	−1:07	17:50–18:37	🌒 8%
Fri 13	07:00	07:24	12:53	18:22	18:46	10h 58m	−1:06	17:49–18:37	🌒 14%
Sat 14	07:00	07:24	12:53	18:21	18:45	10h 57m	−1:05	17:49–18:36	🌒 21%
Sun 15	07:01	07:25	12:53	18:21	18:45	10h 55m	−1:04	17:49–18:36	🌒 29%
Mon 16	07:02	07:26	12:53	18:21	18:45	10h 54m	−1:03	17:48–18:36	🌒 38%
Tue 17	07:02	07:26	12:54	18:20	18:45	10h 53m	−1:02	17:48–18:35	🌓 48%
Wed 18	07:03	07:27	12:54	18:20	18:44	10h 52m	−1:01	17:47–18:35	🌔 57%
Thu 19	07:04	07:28	12:54	18:20	18:44	10h 51m	−0:59	17:47–18:35	🌔 67%
Fri 20	07:04	07:29	12:54	18:20	18:44	10h 50m	−0:58	17:47–18:34	🌔 77%
Sat 21	07:05	07:29	12:54	18:19	18:44	10h 50m	−0:57	17:46–18:34	🌔 85%
Sun 22	07:06	07:30	12:55	18:19	18:43	10h 49m	−0:55	17:46–18:34	🌔 92%
Mon 23	07:06	07:31	12:55	18:19	18:43	10h 48m	−0:54	17:46–18:34	🌔 97%
Tue 24	07:07	07:31	12:55	18:19	18:43	10h 47m	−0:52	17:46–18:34	🌔 99%
Wed 25	07:08	07:32	12:56	18:19	18:43	10h 46m	−0:51	17:46–18:34	🌕 100%
Thu 26	07:08	07:33	12:56	18:19	18:43	10h 45m	−0:49	17:45–18:34	🌖 97%
Fri 27	07:09	07:34	12:56	18:18	18:43	10h 44m	−0:48	17:45–18:34	🌖 92%
Sat 28	07:10	07:34	12:56	18:18	18:43	10h 44m	−0:46	17:45–18:34	🌖 84%
Sun 29	07:10	07:35	12:57	18:18	18:43	10h 43m	−0:45	17:45–18:34	🌖 75%
Mon 30	07:11	07:36	12:57	18:18	18:43	10h 42m	−0:43	17:45–18:34	🌖 64%

Longest and shortest day in Kunming

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 13h 41m of daylight.

The shortest is 22 December 2026, in 2 months, with 10h 34m.

Between them the day length swings by 3h 6m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 18:18 on 29 November; the latest is 20:03 on 3 July. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 06:18 on 9 June to 07:56 on 13 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 9m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Kunming different

Clock noon and solar noon are 56 minutes apart here — the sun is highest at 12:56 standard time. That gap comes from the time zone's width, not the latitude.

Sunset here is followed by about 23 minutes of usable light before civil twilight ends — almost exactly the 24-minute median across the cities tracked here.

The shallow approach angle at 25° stretches this evening's golden hour to 45 minutes, against about 40 for a city on the equator today.

Between the June and December solstices the length of the day swings by 3h 6m here — among the narrowest of the 677 cities tracked in China.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it WSW, June swings it 52° round to WNW. Tonight, W.

By the end of October the sun will be setting 27 minutes earlier than it did on the first, a shift of roughly 54 seconds a day.

Standing 1,895 m up buys you 6.7 extra minutes of evening sun: the higher you are, the further over the curve of the Earth you can see, by 1.51° here.

Planning a sunset photo in Kunming

Arrive by 18:01. Golden hour opens at 18:16 and the sun is down by 18:47, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 263° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 19:01 and runs to 19:10, the end of civil twilight and 22m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Kunming — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Kunming today?

The sun sets in Kunming at 18:47 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Kunming?

It takes 22m. Civil twilight ends at 19:10 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Kunming?

Evening golden hour runs 18:16 to 19:01 today, lasting 44m. Full golden hour times for Kunming covers the morning window and the coming week.

Sunset times near Kunming

Qujing 118 km 18:42