Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Xining, China

In Xining, China the sun sets today, Wednesday 26 August, at 19:50 and rises at 06:38. Daylight lasts 13h 11m; evening golden hour runs from 19:15 to 20:06.

Today, Wednesday 26 August

First light
06:12
Sunrise
06:38
Solar noon
13:14
Sunset
19:50
Last light
20:16
Day length
13h 11m

17h 29m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
19:15 – 20:06
Blue hour
20:06 – 20:16
Max sun altitude
63.8°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
18:51 / 04:23

The sun sets at 284° — face west-northwest

Tomorrow, Thursday 27 August

Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 19:48 Golden hour 19:14 – 20:05 Day length 13h 9m vs today 2 minutes shorter

Where Xining is

Coordinates
36.6255° N, 101.7574° E
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Current offset
UTC+08:00
Elevation
2,275 m
Population
1,677,177

Sunrise and sunset in Xining, August 2026

August 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
Sat 1 05:50 06:18 13:19 20:19 20:48 14h 0m −1:43 19:43–20:36 🌖 94%
Sun 2 05:50 06:19 13:19 20:18 20:47 13h 59m −1:44 19:42–20:35 🌖 88%
Mon 3 05:51 06:20 13:19 20:17 20:45 13h 57m −1:46 19:41–20:34 🌖 80%
Tue 4 05:52 06:21 13:19 20:16 20:44 13h 55m −1:48 19:40–20:33 🌖 71%
Wed 5 05:53 06:21 13:19 20:15 20:43 13h 53m −1:49 19:39–20:32 🌖 60%
Thu 6 05:54 06:22 13:18 20:14 20:42 13h 51m −1:50 19:38–20:31 🌗 48%
Fri 7 05:55 06:23 13:18 20:13 20:41 13h 50m −1:52 19:37–20:30 🌘 37%
Sat 8 05:56 06:24 13:18 20:12 20:40 13h 48m −1:53 19:36–20:29 🌘 26%
Sun 9 05:57 06:25 13:18 20:11 20:39 13h 46m −1:54 19:35–20:28 🌘 16%
Mon 10 05:58 06:25 13:18 20:10 20:38 13h 44m −1:56 19:34–20:27 🌘 9%
Tue 11 05:58 06:26 13:18 20:09 20:36 13h 42m −1:57 19:33–20:26 🌘 3%
Wed 12 05:59 06:27 13:18 20:08 20:35 13h 40m −1:58 19:32–20:24 🌑 0%
Thu 13 06:00 06:28 13:17 20:06 20:34 13h 38m −1:59 19:31–20:23 🌒 0%
Fri 14 06:01 06:29 13:17 20:05 20:33 13h 36m −2:00 19:30–20:22 🌒 3%
Sat 15 06:02 06:30 13:17 20:04 20:31 13h 34m −2:01 19:29–20:21 🌒 8%
Sun 16 06:03 06:30 13:17 20:03 20:30 13h 32m −2:02 19:27–20:19 🌒 14%
Mon 17 06:04 06:31 13:17 20:02 20:29 13h 30m −2:03 19:26–20:18 🌒 22%
Tue 18 06:05 06:32 13:16 20:00 20:27 13h 28m −2:04 19:25–20:17 🌒 31%
Wed 19 06:06 06:33 13:16 19:59 20:26 13h 26m −2:05 19:24–20:16 🌒 41%
Thu 20 06:06 06:34 13:16 19:58 20:25 13h 24m −2:06 19:23–20:14 🌓 50%
Fri 21 06:07 06:34 13:16 19:56 20:23 13h 21m −2:06 19:21–20:13 🌔 60%
Sat 22 06:08 06:35 13:15 19:55 20:22 13h 19m −2:07 19:20–20:12 🌔 69%
Sun 23 06:09 06:36 13:15 19:54 20:21 13h 17m −2:08 19:19–20:10 🌔 77%
Mon 24 06:10 06:37 13:15 19:52 20:19 13h 15m −2:09 19:18–20:09 🌔 84%
Tue 25 06:11 06:38 13:15 19:51 20:18 13h 13m −2:09 19:16–20:07 🌔 91%
Wed 26 06:12 06:38 13:14 19:50 20:16 13h 11m −2:10 19:15–20:06 🌔 96%
Thu 27 06:13 06:39 13:14 19:48 20:15 13h 9m −2:11 19:14–20:05 🌔 99%
Fri 28 06:13 06:40 13:14 19:47 20:14 13h 6m −2:11 19:12–20:03 🌕 100%
Sat 29 06:14 06:41 13:14 19:46 20:12 13h 4m −2:12 19:11–20:02 🌖 99%
Sun 30 06:15 06:42 13:13 19:44 20:11 13h 2m −2:12 19:10–20:00 🌖 96%
Mon 31 06:16 06:42 13:13 19:43 20:09 13h 0m −2:13 19:08–19:59 🌖 91%
More columns for August 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
August 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Sat 1 04:37 05:15 06:18 20:19 21:22 22:00 9h 59m 71.4° 293° WNW
Sun 2 04:38 05:16 06:19 20:18 21:21 21:58 10h 1m 71.1° 293° WNW
Mon 3 04:40 05:17 06:20 20:17 21:20 21:57 10h 3m 70.9° 293° WNW
Tue 4 04:41 05:18 06:21 20:16 21:19 21:55 10h 5m 70.6° 292° WNW
Wed 5 04:42 05:19 06:21 20:15 21:18 21:54 10h 7m 70.3° 292° WNW
Thu 6 04:43 05:20 06:22 20:14 21:16 21:53 10h 8m 70.1° 292° WNW
Fri 7 04:44 05:21 06:23 20:13 21:15 21:51 10h 10m 69.8° 291° WNW
Sat 8 04:46 05:22 06:24 20:12 21:14 21:50 10h 12m 69.5° 291° WNW
Sun 9 04:47 05:23 06:25 20:11 21:12 21:48 10h 14m 69.2° 290° WNW
Mon 10 04:48 05:24 06:25 20:10 21:11 21:47 10h 16m 68.9° 290° WNW
Tue 11 04:49 05:25 06:26 20:09 21:10 21:45 10h 18m 68.6° 290° WNW
Wed 12 04:50 05:26 06:27 20:08 21:08 21:44 10h 20m 68.3° 289° WNW
Thu 13 04:52 05:27 06:28 20:06 21:07 21:42 10h 22m 68.0° 289° WNW
Fri 14 04:53 05:28 06:29 20:05 21:06 21:41 10h 24m 67.7° 289° WNW
Sat 15 04:54 05:29 06:30 20:04 21:04 21:39 10h 26m 67.4° 288° WNW
Sun 16 04:55 05:30 06:30 20:03 21:03 21:38 10h 28m 67.1° 288° WNW
Mon 17 04:56 05:31 06:31 20:02 21:02 21:36 10h 30m 66.8° 287° WNW
Tue 18 04:57 05:32 06:32 20:00 21:00 21:34 10h 32m 66.5° 287° WNW
Wed 19 04:59 05:33 06:33 19:59 20:59 21:33 10h 34m 66.1° 287° WNW
Thu 20 05:00 05:34 06:34 19:58 20:57 21:31 10h 36m 65.8° 286° WNW
Fri 21 05:01 05:35 06:34 19:56 20:56 21:30 10h 38m 65.5° 286° WNW
Sat 22 05:02 05:36 06:35 19:55 20:54 21:28 10h 40m 65.1° 285° WNW
Sun 23 05:03 05:37 06:36 19:54 20:53 21:26 10h 43m 64.8° 285° WNW
Mon 24 05:04 05:38 06:37 19:52 20:51 21:25 10h 45m 64.5° 284° WNW
Tue 25 05:05 05:39 06:38 19:51 20:50 21:23 10h 47m 64.1° 284° WNW
Wed 26 05:06 05:40 06:38 19:50 20:48 21:21 10h 49m 63.8° 284° WNW
Thu 27 05:08 05:41 06:39 19:48 20:47 21:20 10h 51m 63.4° 283° WNW
Fri 28 05:09 05:42 06:40 19:47 20:45 21:18 10h 53m 63.1° 283° WNW
Sat 29 05:10 05:43 06:41 19:46 20:44 21:16 10h 56m 62.7° 282° WNW
Sun 30 05:11 05:44 06:42 19:44 20:42 21:15 10h 58m 62.4° 282° WNW
Mon 31 05:12 05:44 06:42 19:43 20:41 21:13 11h 0m 62.0° 281° WNW

September 2026

September 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Tue 1 06:17 06:43 13:13 19:41 20:08 12h 58m −2:13 19:07–19:57 🌖 83%
Wed 2 06:18 06:44 13:12 19:40 20:06 12h 55m −2:14 19:06–19:56 🌖 74%
Thu 3 06:18 06:45 13:12 19:38 20:05 12h 53m −2:14 19:04–19:55 🌖 63%
Fri 4 06:19 06:46 13:12 19:37 20:03 12h 51m −2:15 19:03–19:53 🌗 52%
Sat 5 06:20 06:46 13:11 19:36 20:02 12h 49m −2:15 19:01–19:52 🌘 40%
Sun 6 06:21 06:47 13:11 19:34 20:00 12h 46m −2:15 19:00–19:50 🌘 29%
Mon 7 06:22 06:48 13:11 19:33 19:59 12h 44m −2:16 18:58–19:49 🌘 19%
Tue 8 06:23 06:49 13:10 19:31 19:57 12h 42m −2:16 18:57–19:47 🌘 11%
Wed 9 06:23 06:50 13:10 19:30 19:56 12h 40m −2:16 18:55–19:46 🌘 5%
Thu 10 06:24 06:50 13:10 19:28 19:54 12h 37m −2:17 18:54–19:44 🌘 1%
Fri 11 06:25 06:51 13:09 19:27 19:53 12h 35m −2:17 18:53–19:43 🌑 0%
Sat 12 06:26 06:52 13:09 19:25 19:51 12h 33m −2:17 18:51–19:41 🌒 2%
Sun 13 06:27 06:53 13:09 19:24 19:50 12h 30m −2:17 18:50–19:40 🌒 5%
Mon 14 06:28 06:54 13:08 19:22 19:48 12h 28m −2:18 18:48–19:38 🌒 11%
Tue 15 06:28 06:54 13:08 19:21 19:47 12h 26m −2:18 18:47–19:37 🌒 18%
Wed 16 06:29 06:55 13:07 19:19 19:45 12h 24m −2:18 18:45–19:35 🌒 26%
Thu 17 06:30 06:56 13:07 19:18 19:43 12h 21m −2:18 18:44–19:33 🌒 34%
Fri 18 06:31 06:57 13:07 19:16 19:42 12h 19m −2:18 18:42–19:32 🌒 44%
Sat 19 06:32 06:58 13:06 19:15 19:40 12h 17m −2:19 18:41–19:30 🌓 53%
Sun 20 06:33 06:58 13:06 19:13 19:39 12h 14m −2:19 18:39–19:29 🌔 62%
Mon 21 06:33 06:59 13:06 19:12 19:37 12h 12m −2:19 18:38–19:27 🌔 71%
Tue 22 06:34 07:00 13:05 19:10 19:36 12h 10m −2:19 18:36–19:26 🌔 79%
Wed 23 06:35 07:01 13:05 19:09 19:34 12h 7m −2:19 18:35–19:24 🌔 87%
Thu 24 06:36 07:02 13:05 19:07 19:33 12h 5m −2:19 18:33–19:23 🌔 93%
Fri 25 06:37 07:02 13:04 19:06 19:31 12h 3m −2:19 18:31–19:21 🌔 97%
Sat 26 06:37 07:03 13:04 19:04 19:30 12h 0m −2:19 18:30–19:20 🌔 100%
Sun 27 06:38 07:04 13:04 19:03 19:28 11h 58m −2:19 18:28–19:18 🌕 100%
Mon 28 06:39 07:05 13:03 19:01 19:27 11h 56m −2:19 18:27–19:17 🌖 98%
Tue 29 06:40 07:06 13:03 19:00 19:25 11h 53m −2:19 18:25–19:15 🌖 93%
Wed 30 06:41 07:06 13:03 18:58 19:24 11h 51m −2:19 18:24–19:14 🌖 86%

Longest and shortest day in Xining

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 14h 40m of daylight.

The shortest is 22 December 2026, in 4 months, with 9h 39m.

Between them the day length swings by 5h 0m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:56 on 6 December; the latest is 20:35 on 29 June. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 05:53 on 13 June to 08:25 on 6 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 10m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Xining different

Sitting on the western side of its time zone puts solar noon at 13:14, a full 75 minutes after twelve o'clock, and drags the whole day — sunrise, noon and sunset — along with it.

From sunset to full civil darkness is 27 minutes here, against a 24-minute median elsewhere today. Latitude 36.6°N accounts for the 3-minute difference.

Photographers get 51 minutes of golden light this evening, roughly 1.2× the 41 minutes available at the equator on the same date.

Between solstices the sunset walks 59° across the horizon — WSW in midwinter, WNW in midsummer — which is why a fixed viewpoint works only part of the year. Today's bearing is WNW.

Sunset drifts 73 seconds earlier each day this month — 36 minutes from the first of August to the last.

Elevation matters at 2,275 m. The visible horizon drops 1.65°, pushing sunset 8.5 minutes later and sunrise the same amount earlier than a sea-level observer would see.

Planning a sunset photo in Xining

Arrive by 19:00. Golden hour opens at 19:15 and the sun is down by 19:50, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west-northwest — the sun goes down at 284° 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 20:06 and runs to 20:16, the end of civil twilight and 26m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Xining — 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 Xining today?

The sun sets in Xining at 19:50 today, Wednesday 26 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Xining?

It takes 26m. Civil twilight ends at 20:16 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Xining?

Evening golden hour runs 19:15 to 20:06 today, lasting 50m. Full golden hour times for Xining covers the morning window and the coming week.

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