Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Maiduguri, Nigeria

In Maiduguri, Nigeria the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 17:52 and rises at 05:56. Daylight lasts 11h 55m; evening golden hour runs from 17:23 to 18:05.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light
05:35
Sunrise
05:56
Solar noon
11:54
Sunset
17:52
Last light
18:13
Day length
11h 55m

17h 50m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:23 – 18:05
Blue hour
18:05 – 18:13
Max sun altitude
71.4°
Moon
🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset
05:41 / 17:49

The sun sets at 263° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:51 Golden hour 17:23 – 18:04 Day length 11h 54m vs today 1 minute shorter

Where Maiduguri is

Coordinates
11.8469° N, 13.1571° E
Time zone
Africa/Lagos
Current offset
UTC+01:00
Elevation
325 m
Population
1,110,000

Sunrise and sunset in Maiduguri, 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 05:35 05:56 11:57 17:57 18:18 12h 1m −0:39 17:29–18:10 🌖 75%
Fri 2 05:35 05:56 11:56 17:56 18:18 12h 0m −0:39 17:28–18:09 🌖 64%
Sat 3 05:35 05:56 11:56 17:56 18:17 12h 0m −0:39 17:28–18:09 🌗 52%
Sun 4 05:35 05:56 11:56 17:55 18:16 11h 59m −0:39 17:27–18:08 🌘 40%
Mon 5 05:35 05:56 11:55 17:55 18:16 11h 58m −0:39 17:27–18:08 🌘 29%
Tue 6 05:35 05:56 11:55 17:54 18:15 11h 58m −0:39 17:26–18:07 🌘 19%
Wed 7 05:35 05:56 11:55 17:53 18:15 11h 57m −0:39 17:25–18:06 🌘 11%
Thu 8 05:35 05:56 11:54 17:53 18:14 11h 56m −0:39 17:25–18:06 🌘 5%
Fri 9 05:35 05:56 11:54 17:52 18:13 11h 56m −0:38 17:24–18:05 🌘 1%
Sat 10 05:35 05:56 11:54 17:52 18:13 11h 55m −0:38 17:23–18:05 🌑 0%
Sun 11 05:35 05:56 11:54 17:51 18:12 11h 54m −0:38 17:23–18:04 🌒 1%
Mon 12 05:35 05:56 11:53 17:50 18:12 11h 54m −0:38 17:22–18:03 🌒 4%
Tue 13 05:35 05:56 11:53 17:50 18:11 11h 53m −0:38 17:22–18:03 🌒 9%
Wed 14 05:35 05:56 11:53 17:49 18:11 11h 52m −0:38 17:21–18:02 🌒 15%
Thu 15 05:35 05:56 11:53 17:49 18:10 11h 52m −0:38 17:20–18:02 🌒 22%
Fri 16 05:35 05:56 11:52 17:48 18:10 11h 51m −0:38 17:20–18:01 🌒 30%
Sat 17 05:35 05:57 11:52 17:48 18:09 11h 51m −0:37 17:19–18:01 🌒 39%
Sun 18 05:35 05:57 11:52 17:47 18:09 11h 50m −0:37 17:19–18:00 🌓 48%
Mon 19 05:35 05:57 11:52 17:47 18:08 11h 49m −0:37 17:18–18:00 🌔 58%
Tue 20 05:36 05:57 11:52 17:46 18:08 11h 49m −0:37 17:18–17:59 🌔 67%
Wed 21 05:36 05:57 11:51 17:46 18:07 11h 48m −0:37 17:17–17:59 🌔 76%
Thu 22 05:36 05:57 11:51 17:45 18:07 11h 48m −0:36 17:17–17:58 🌔 84%
Fri 23 05:36 05:57 11:51 17:45 18:06 11h 47m −0:36 17:16–17:58 🌔 91%
Sat 24 05:36 05:58 11:51 17:44 18:06 11h 46m −0:36 17:16–17:58 🌔 96%
Sun 25 05:36 05:58 11:51 17:44 18:06 11h 46m −0:36 17:15–17:57 🌔 99%
Mon 26 05:36 05:58 11:51 17:44 18:05 11h 45m −0:36 17:15–17:57 🌕 100%
Tue 27 05:37 05:58 11:51 17:43 18:05 11h 45m −0:35 17:14–17:56 🌖 98%
Wed 28 05:37 05:58 11:51 17:43 18:04 11h 44m −0:35 17:14–17:56 🌖 94%
Thu 29 05:37 05:59 11:51 17:42 18:04 11h 43m −0:35 17:14–17:56 🌖 87%
Fri 30 05:37 05:59 11:50 17:42 18:04 11h 43m −0:34 17:13–17:55 🌖 78%
Sat 31 05:37 05:59 11:50 17:42 18:03 11h 42m −0:34 17:13–17:55 🌖 68%
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 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:57 18:43 19:07 11h 58m 74.9° 267° W
Fri 2 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:56 18:42 19:07 11h 59m 74.5° 266° W
Sat 3 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:56 18:42 19:06 12h 0m 74.1° 266° W
Sun 4 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:55 18:41 19:05 12h 0m 73.7° 266° W
Mon 5 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:55 18:40 19:05 12h 1m 73.3° 265° W
Tue 6 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:54 18:40 19:04 12h 1m 72.9° 265° W
Wed 7 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:53 18:39 19:04 12h 2m 72.6° 264° W
Thu 8 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:53 18:39 19:03 12h 3m 72.2° 264° W
Fri 9 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:52 18:38 19:03 12h 3m 71.8° 264° W
Sat 10 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:52 18:37 19:02 12h 4m 71.4° 263° W
Sun 11 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:51 18:37 19:01 12h 5m 71.0° 263° W
Mon 12 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:50 18:36 19:01 12h 5m 70.7° 262° W
Tue 13 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:50 18:36 19:00 12h 6m 70.3° 262° W
Wed 14 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:49 18:35 19:00 12h 7m 69.9° 262° W
Thu 15 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:49 18:35 18:59 12h 7m 69.5° 261° W
Fri 16 04:46 05:10 05:56 17:48 18:34 18:59 12h 8m 69.2° 261° W
Sat 17 04:46 05:10 05:57 17:48 18:34 18:58 12h 9m 68.8° 261° W
Sun 18 04:46 05:11 05:57 17:47 18:33 18:58 12h 9m 68.4° 260° W
Mon 19 04:46 05:11 05:57 17:47 18:33 18:58 12h 10m 68.1° 260° W
Tue 20 04:46 05:11 05:57 17:46 18:32 18:57 12h 10m 67.7° 259° W
Wed 21 04:46 05:11 05:57 17:46 18:32 18:57 12h 11m 67.4° 259° W
Thu 22 04:46 05:11 05:57 17:45 18:32 18:56 12h 12m 67.0° 259° WSW
Fri 23 04:46 05:11 05:57 17:45 18:31 18:56 12h 12m 66.7° 258° WSW
Sat 24 04:46 05:11 05:58 17:44 18:31 18:56 12h 13m 66.3° 258° WSW
Sun 25 04:46 05:11 05:58 17:44 18:30 18:55 12h 13m 66.0° 258° WSW
Mon 26 04:46 05:11 05:58 17:44 18:30 18:55 12h 14m 65.6° 257° WSW
Tue 27 04:47 05:11 05:58 17:43 18:30 18:55 12h 15m 65.3° 257° WSW
Wed 28 04:47 05:12 05:58 17:43 18:29 18:54 12h 15m 65.0° 257° WSW
Thu 29 04:47 05:12 05:59 17:42 18:29 18:54 12h 16m 64.6° 256° WSW
Fri 30 04:47 05:12 05:59 17:42 18:29 18:54 12h 16m 64.3° 256° WSW
Sat 31 04:47 05:12 05:59 17:42 18:29 18:54 12h 17m 64.0° 256° 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 05:37 05:59 11:50 17:41 18:03 11h 42m −0:34 17:12–17:55 🌖 56%
Mon 2 05:38 06:00 11:50 17:41 18:03 11h 41m −0:34 17:12–17:55 🌗 44%
Tue 3 05:38 06:00 11:50 17:41 18:03 11h 41m −0:33 17:12–17:54 🌘 33%
Wed 4 05:38 06:00 11:50 17:41 18:02 11h 40m −0:33 17:11–17:54 🌘 23%
Thu 5 05:38 06:00 11:50 17:40 18:02 11h 39m −0:32 17:11–17:54 🌘 15%
Fri 6 05:39 06:01 11:50 17:40 18:02 11h 39m −0:32 17:11–17:54 🌘 8%
Sat 7 05:39 06:01 11:51 17:40 18:02 11h 38m −0:32 17:11–17:53 🌘 3%
Sun 8 05:39 06:01 11:51 17:40 18:02 11h 38m −0:31 17:10–17:53 🌘 1%
Mon 9 05:40 06:02 11:51 17:40 18:02 11h 37m −0:31 17:10–17:53 🌑 0%
Tue 10 05:40 06:02 11:51 17:39 18:01 11h 37m −0:30 17:10–17:53 🌒 2%
Wed 11 05:40 06:02 11:51 17:39 18:01 11h 36m −0:30 17:10–17:53 🌒 5%
Thu 12 05:41 06:03 11:51 17:39 18:01 11h 36m −0:30 17:10–17:53 🌒 10%
Fri 13 05:41 06:03 11:51 17:39 18:01 11h 35m −0:29 17:09–17:53 🌒 16%
Sat 14 05:41 06:04 11:51 17:39 18:01 11h 35m −0:29 17:09–17:53 🌒 23%
Sun 15 05:42 06:04 11:51 17:39 18:01 11h 34m −0:28 17:09–17:52 🌒 32%
Mon 16 05:42 06:04 11:52 17:39 18:01 11h 34m −0:28 17:09–17:52 🌒 41%
Tue 17 05:42 06:05 11:52 17:39 18:01 11h 34m −0:27 17:09–17:52 🌓 50%
Wed 18 05:43 06:05 11:52 17:39 18:01 11h 33m −0:26 17:09–17:52 🌔 60%
Thu 19 05:43 06:06 11:52 17:39 18:01 11h 33m −0:26 17:09–17:52 🌔 70%
Fri 20 05:44 06:06 11:52 17:39 18:01 11h 32m −0:25 17:09–17:53 🌔 79%
Sat 21 05:44 06:07 11:53 17:39 18:01 11h 32m −0:25 17:09–17:53 🌔 87%
Sun 22 05:45 06:07 11:53 17:39 18:01 11h 31m −0:24 17:09–17:53 🌔 94%
Mon 23 05:45 06:07 11:53 17:39 18:01 11h 31m −0:23 17:09–17:53 🌔 98%
Tue 24 05:45 06:08 11:54 17:39 18:02 11h 31m −0:23 17:09–17:53 🌕 100%
Wed 25 05:46 06:08 11:54 17:39 18:02 11h 30m −0:22 17:09–17:53 🌖 99%
Thu 26 05:46 06:09 11:54 17:39 18:02 11h 30m −0:22 17:09–17:53 🌖 96%
Fri 27 05:47 06:09 11:54 17:39 18:02 11h 30m −0:21 17:09–17:53 🌖 90%
Sat 28 05:47 06:10 11:55 17:40 18:02 11h 29m −0:20 17:09–17:54 🌖 82%
Sun 29 05:48 06:10 11:55 17:40 18:02 11h 29m −0:19 17:10–17:54 🌖 72%
Mon 30 05:48 06:11 11:56 17:40 18:03 11h 29m −0:19 17:10–17:54 🌖 61%

Longest and shortest day in Maiduguri

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 12h 49m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 2 months, with 11h 25m.

Between them the day length swings by 1h 23m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:39 on 18 November; the latest is 18:36 on 11 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 05:42 on 31 May to 06:32 on 25 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 7m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Maiduguri different

Light lingers for 21 minutes after sunset before civil twilight ends — 3 minutes shorter than the 24-minute median across tracked cities, which is what 11.8°N buys you.

The gap between the longest and shortest day of the year comes to 1h 23m, one of the widest swings of any Nigeria city on the site.

Over a year the sunset point slides 48° along the horizon, from WSW at the December solstice to WNW in June. Today it is W.

Across October the sunset moves 15 minutes earlier, averaging about 31 seconds a day.

On 21 April and 22 August the midday sun stands at the zenith, 123 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow.

Around a solstice the day length flattens out, and that is where the calendar is now: the shortest day is 21 December, in 2 months, and sunset moves a mere 7 minutes earlier in the coming fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Maiduguri

Arrive by 17:08. Golden hour opens at 17:23 and the sun is down by 17:52, 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 18:05 and runs to 18:13, the end of civil twilight and 21m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Maiduguri — 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 Maiduguri today?

The sun sets in Maiduguri at 17:52 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Maiduguri?

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 18:13 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Maiduguri?

Evening golden hour runs 17:23 to 18:05 today, lasting 41m. Full golden hour times for Maiduguri covers the morning window and the coming week.

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