Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 17:31 and rises at 05:48. Daylight lasts 11h 42m; evening golden hour runs from 17:00 to 17:45.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light
05:25
Sunrise
05:48
Solar noon
11:40
Sunset
17:31
Last light
17:54
Day length
11h 42m

17h 29m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:00 – 17:45
Blue hour
17:45 – 17:54
Max sun altitude
58.6°
Moon
🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset
05:29 / 17:19

The sun sets at 263° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:30 Golden hour 16:59 – 17:44 Day length 11h 41m vs today 1 minute shorter

Where Riyadh is

Coordinates
24.6877° N, 46.7219° E
Time zone
Asia/Riyadh
Current offset
UTC+03:00
Elevation
612 m
Population
4,205,961

Sunrise and sunset in Riyadh, 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 05:22 05:44 11:42 17:40 18:03 11h 55m −1:26 17:10–17:54 🌖 75%
Fri 2 05:22 05:45 11:42 17:39 18:02 11h 53m −1:26 17:09–17:53 🌖 65%
Sat 3 05:22 05:45 11:42 17:38 18:01 11h 52m −1:25 17:08–17:52 🌗 53%
Sun 4 05:23 05:46 11:41 17:37 18:00 11h 51m −1:25 17:07–17:51 🌘 41%
Mon 5 05:23 05:46 11:41 17:36 17:59 11h 49m −1:25 17:05–17:50 🌘 30%
Tue 6 05:24 05:46 11:41 17:35 17:58 11h 48m −1:25 17:04–17:49 🌘 20%
Wed 7 05:24 05:47 11:40 17:34 17:57 11h 46m −1:25 17:03–17:48 🌘 12%
Thu 8 05:24 05:47 11:40 17:33 17:56 11h 45m −1:25 17:02–17:47 🌘 6%
Fri 9 05:25 05:48 11:40 17:32 17:55 11h 44m −1:25 17:01–17:46 🌘 2%
Sat 10 05:25 05:48 11:40 17:31 17:54 11h 42m −1:24 17:00–17:45 🌑 0%
Sun 11 05:26 05:49 11:39 17:30 17:53 11h 41m −1:24 16:59–17:44 🌒 1%
Mon 12 05:26 05:49 11:39 17:29 17:52 11h 39m −1:24 16:58–17:43 🌒 4%
Tue 13 05:27 05:49 11:39 17:28 17:51 11h 38m −1:24 16:57–17:42 🌒 8%
Wed 14 05:27 05:50 11:39 17:27 17:50 11h 37m −1:23 16:56–17:41 🌒 14%
Thu 15 05:27 05:50 11:38 17:26 17:49 11h 35m −1:23 16:55–17:40 🌒 21%
Fri 16 05:28 05:51 11:38 17:25 17:48 11h 34m −1:23 16:54–17:39 🌒 29%
Sat 17 05:28 05:51 11:38 17:24 17:47 11h 32m −1:23 16:54–17:38 🌒 38%
Sun 18 05:29 05:52 11:38 17:23 17:46 11h 31m −1:22 16:53–17:37 🌓 47%
Mon 19 05:29 05:52 11:38 17:22 17:46 11h 30m −1:22 16:52–17:37 🌔 57%
Tue 20 05:30 05:53 11:37 17:22 17:45 11h 28m −1:22 16:51–17:36 🌔 66%
Wed 21 05:30 05:53 11:37 17:21 17:44 11h 27m −1:21 16:50–17:35 🌔 75%
Thu 22 05:31 05:54 11:37 17:20 17:43 11h 26m −1:21 16:49–17:34 🌔 83%
Fri 23 05:31 05:54 11:37 17:19 17:42 11h 24m −1:20 16:48–17:33 🌔 90%
Sat 24 05:32 05:55 11:37 17:18 17:42 11h 23m −1:20 16:47–17:33 🌔 96%
Sun 25 05:32 05:55 11:37 17:18 17:41 11h 22m −1:19 16:46–17:32 🌔 99%
Mon 26 05:33 05:56 11:37 17:17 17:40 11h 20m −1:19 16:46–17:31 🌕 100%
Tue 27 05:33 05:57 11:36 17:16 17:39 11h 19m −1:18 16:45–17:30 🌖 98%
Wed 28 05:34 05:57 11:36 17:15 17:39 11h 18m −1:18 16:44–17:30 🌖 94%
Thu 29 05:34 05:58 11:36 17:15 17:38 11h 16m −1:17 16:43–17:29 🌖 88%
Fri 30 05:35 05:58 11:36 17:14 17:37 11h 15m −1:17 16:43–17:28 🌖 79%
Sat 31 05:35 05:59 11:36 17:13 17:37 11h 14m −1:16 16:42–17:28 🌖 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 04:29 04:55 05:44 17:40 18:29 18:55 12h 5m 62.1° 267° W
Fri 2 04:29 04:56 05:45 17:39 18:28 18:54 12h 6m 61.7° 266° W
Sat 3 04:30 04:56 05:45 17:38 18:27 18:53 12h 7m 61.3° 266° W
Sun 4 04:30 04:56 05:46 17:37 18:26 18:52 12h 9m 60.9° 265° W
Mon 5 04:30 04:57 05:46 17:36 18:25 18:51 12h 10m 60.5° 265° W
Tue 6 04:31 04:57 05:46 17:35 18:24 18:50 12h 12m 60.1° 265° W
Wed 7 04:31 04:58 05:47 17:34 18:23 18:49 12h 13m 59.8° 264° W
Thu 8 04:32 04:58 05:47 17:33 18:22 18:48 12h 14m 59.4° 264° W
Fri 9 04:32 04:58 05:48 17:32 18:21 18:47 12h 16m 59.0° 263° W
Sat 10 04:32 04:59 05:48 17:31 18:20 18:47 12h 17m 58.6° 263° W
Sun 11 04:33 04:59 05:49 17:30 18:19 18:46 12h 19m 58.2° 262° W
Mon 12 04:33 05:00 05:49 17:29 18:18 18:45 12h 20m 57.9° 262° W
Tue 13 04:34 05:00 05:49 17:28 18:17 18:44 12h 22m 57.5° 262° W
Wed 14 04:34 05:00 05:50 17:27 18:16 18:43 12h 23m 57.1° 261° W
Thu 15 04:34 05:01 05:50 17:26 18:16 18:42 12h 24m 56.7° 261° W
Fri 16 04:35 05:01 05:51 17:25 18:15 18:41 12h 26m 56.4° 260° W
Sat 17 04:35 05:02 05:51 17:24 18:14 18:40 12h 27m 56.0° 260° W
Sun 18 04:36 05:02 05:52 17:23 18:13 18:39 12h 28m 55.6° 260° W
Mon 19 04:36 05:03 05:52 17:22 18:12 18:39 12h 30m 55.3° 259° W
Tue 20 04:37 05:03 05:53 17:22 18:11 18:38 12h 31m 54.9° 259° W
Wed 21 04:37 05:04 05:53 17:21 18:11 18:37 12h 33m 54.6° 258° WSW
Thu 22 04:37 05:04 05:54 17:20 18:10 18:36 12h 34m 54.2° 258° WSW
Fri 23 04:38 05:04 05:54 17:19 18:09 18:36 12h 35m 53.9° 258° WSW
Sat 24 04:38 05:05 05:55 17:18 18:08 18:35 12h 37m 53.5° 257° WSW
Sun 25 04:39 05:05 05:55 17:18 18:08 18:34 12h 38m 53.2° 257° WSW
Mon 26 04:39 05:06 05:56 17:17 18:07 18:33 12h 39m 52.8° 257° WSW
Tue 27 04:40 05:06 05:57 17:16 18:06 18:33 12h 41m 52.5° 256° WSW
Wed 28 04:40 05:07 05:57 17:15 18:06 18:32 12h 42m 52.1° 256° WSW
Thu 29 04:41 05:07 05:58 17:15 18:05 18:32 12h 43m 51.8° 255° WSW
Fri 30 04:41 05:08 05:58 17:14 18:04 18:31 12h 44m 51.5° 255° WSW
Sat 31 04:42 05:08 05:59 17:13 18:04 18:30 12h 46m 51.2° 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 05:36 05:59 11:36 17:13 17:36 11h 13m −1:15 16:41–17:27 🌖 57%
Mon 2 05:37 06:00 11:36 17:12 17:35 11h 11m −1:15 16:40–17:26 🌗 45%
Tue 3 05:37 06:01 11:36 17:11 17:35 11h 10m −1:14 16:40–17:26 🌘 34%
Wed 4 05:38 06:01 11:36 17:11 17:34 11h 9m −1:13 16:39–17:25 🌘 24%
Thu 5 05:38 06:02 11:36 17:10 17:34 11h 8m −1:12 16:38–17:25 🌘 15%
Fri 6 05:39 06:03 11:36 17:10 17:33 11h 7m −1:12 16:38–17:24 🌘 8%
Sat 7 05:39 06:03 11:36 17:09 17:33 11h 5m −1:11 16:37–17:24 🌘 4%
Sun 8 05:40 06:04 11:36 17:09 17:32 11h 4m −1:10 16:37–17:23 🌘 1%
Mon 9 05:41 06:04 11:36 17:08 17:32 11h 3m −1:09 16:36–17:23 🌑 0%
Tue 10 05:41 06:05 11:36 17:08 17:31 11h 2m −1:08 16:35–17:22 🌒 2%
Wed 11 05:42 06:06 11:37 17:07 17:31 11h 1m −1:07 16:35–17:22 🌒 5%
Thu 12 05:43 06:06 11:37 17:07 17:31 11h 0m −1:06 16:34–17:21 🌒 9%
Fri 13 05:43 06:07 11:37 17:06 17:30 10h 59m −1:05 16:34–17:21 🌒 15%
Sat 14 05:44 06:08 11:37 17:06 17:30 10h 58m −1:04 16:34–17:21 🌒 23%
Sun 15 05:45 06:09 11:37 17:06 17:30 10h 56m −1:03 16:33–17:20 🌒 31%
Mon 16 05:45 06:09 11:37 17:05 17:29 10h 55m −1:02 16:33–17:20 🌒 40%
Tue 17 05:46 06:10 11:38 17:05 17:29 10h 54m −1:01 16:32–17:20 🌓 50%
Wed 18 05:46 06:11 11:38 17:05 17:29 10h 53m −0:59 16:32–17:19 🌔 60%
Thu 19 05:47 06:11 11:38 17:04 17:29 10h 52m −0:58 16:32–17:19 🌔 69%
Fri 20 05:48 06:12 11:38 17:04 17:28 10h 52m −0:57 16:31–17:19 🌔 78%
Sat 21 05:49 06:13 11:38 17:04 17:28 10h 51m −0:56 16:31–17:19 🌔 87%
Sun 22 05:49 06:13 11:39 17:04 17:28 10h 50m −0:54 16:31–17:19 🌔 93%
Mon 23 05:50 06:14 11:39 17:04 17:28 10h 49m −0:53 16:31–17:18 🌔 98%
Tue 24 05:51 06:15 11:39 17:03 17:28 10h 48m −0:51 16:30–17:18 🌕 100%
Wed 25 05:51 06:16 11:40 17:03 17:28 10h 47m −0:50 16:30–17:18 🌖 99%
Thu 26 05:52 06:16 11:40 17:03 17:28 10h 46m −0:48 16:30–17:18 🌖 96%
Fri 27 05:53 06:17 11:40 17:03 17:28 10h 46m −0:47 16:30–17:18 🌖 90%
Sat 28 05:53 06:18 11:41 17:03 17:28 10h 45m −0:45 16:30–17:18 🌖 82%
Sun 29 05:54 06:19 11:41 17:03 17:28 10h 44m −0:44 16:30–17:18 🌖 73%
Mon 30 05:55 06:19 11:41 17:03 17:28 10h 43m −0:42 16:30–17:18 🌖 62%

Longest and shortest day in Riyadh

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 13h 40m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 2 months, with 10h 36m.

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

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:03 on 29 November; the latest is 18:46 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 05:03 on 9 June to 06:39 on 14 January.

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

What makes sunsets in Riyadh different

It takes roughly 23 minutes to go from sunset to proper darkness, right on the 24-minute median for today.

Between solstices the sunset walks 52° 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 W.

Sunset drifts 53 seconds earlier each day this month — 27 minutes from the first of October to the last.

Standing 612 m up buys you 3.8 extra minutes of evening sun: the higher you are, the further over the curve of the Earth you can see, by 0.86° here.

Planning a sunset photo in Riyadh

Arrive by 16:45. Golden hour opens at 17:00 and the sun is down by 17:31, 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 17:45 and runs to 17:54, 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 Riyadh — 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 Riyadh today?

The sun sets in Riyadh at 17:31 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Riyadh?

It takes 22m. Civil twilight ends at 17:54 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Riyadh?

Evening golden hour runs 17:00 to 17:45 today, lasting 44m. Full golden hour times for Riyadh covers the morning window and the coming week.

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