Sunset and sunrise times in Istanbul, Turkey

In Istanbul, Turkey the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 18:31 and rises at 07:09. Daylight lasts 11h 21m; evening golden hour runs from 17:54 to 18:48.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light: 06:42
Sunrise: 07:09
Solar noon: 12:51
Sunset: 18:31
Last light: 18:59
Day length: 11h 21m

18h 29m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 17:54 – 18:48
Blue hour: 18:48 – 18:59
Max sun altitude: 42.3°
Moon: 🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset: 06:56 / 18:15

The sun sets at 262° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 07:11 Sunset 18:30 Golden hour 17:53 – 18:47 Day length 11h 19m vs today 3 minutes shorter

Where Istanbul is

Coordinates: 41.0138° N, 28.9497° E
Time zone: Europe/Istanbul
Current offset: UTC+03:00
Elevation: 39 m
Population: 15,701,602

Sunrise and sunset in Istanbul, 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	06:33	07:00	12:53	18:46	19:13	11h 46m	−2:42	18:10–19:03	🌖 75%
Fri 2	06:34	07:01	12:53	18:44	19:12	11h 43m	−2:42	18:08–19:01	🌖 65%
Sat 3	06:35	07:02	12:53	18:43	19:10	11h 40m	−2:42	18:06–19:00	🌗 53%
Sun 4	06:36	07:03	12:52	18:41	19:09	11h 37m	−2:42	18:05–18:58	🌘 41%
Mon 5	06:37	07:04	12:52	18:39	19:07	11h 35m	−2:42	18:03–18:56	🌘 30%
Tue 6	06:38	07:05	12:52	18:38	19:05	11h 32m	−2:41	18:01–18:55	🌘 20%
Wed 7	06:39	07:06	12:52	18:36	19:04	11h 29m	−2:41	17:59–18:53	🌘 12%
Thu 8	06:40	07:07	12:51	18:35	19:02	11h 27m	−2:41	17:58–18:51	🌘 6%
Fri 9	06:41	07:08	12:51	18:33	19:00	11h 24m	−2:41	17:56–18:50	🌘 2%
Sat 10	06:42	07:09	12:51	18:31	18:59	11h 21m	−2:40	17:54–18:48	🌑 0%
Sun 11	06:43	07:11	12:50	18:30	18:57	11h 19m	−2:40	17:53–18:47	🌒 1%
Mon 12	06:44	07:12	12:50	18:28	18:56	11h 16m	−2:40	17:51–18:45	🌒 4%
Tue 13	06:45	07:13	12:50	18:27	18:54	11h 13m	−2:39	17:49–18:44	🌒 8%
Wed 14	06:46	07:14	12:50	18:25	18:53	11h 11m	−2:39	17:48–18:42	🌒 14%
Thu 15	06:47	07:15	12:49	18:23	18:51	11h 8m	−2:38	17:46–18:40	🌒 21%
Fri 16	06:48	07:16	12:49	18:22	18:50	11h 5m	−2:38	17:45–18:39	🌒 29%
Sat 17	06:49	07:17	12:49	18:20	18:48	11h 3m	−2:37	17:43–18:37	🌒 38%
Sun 18	06:50	07:18	12:49	18:19	18:47	11h 0m	−2:37	17:41–18:36	🌓 47%
Mon 19	06:51	07:19	12:49	18:17	18:45	10h 58m	−2:36	17:40–18:35	🌔 57%
Tue 20	06:53	07:20	12:48	18:16	18:44	10h 55m	−2:36	17:38–18:33	🌔 66%
Wed 21	06:54	07:22	12:48	18:14	18:42	10h 52m	−2:35	17:37–18:32	🌔 75%
Thu 22	06:55	07:23	12:48	18:13	18:41	10h 50m	−2:34	17:35–18:30	🌔 83%
Fri 23	06:56	07:24	12:48	18:12	18:40	10h 47m	−2:34	17:34–18:29	🌔 90%
Sat 24	06:57	07:25	12:48	18:10	18:38	10h 45m	−2:33	17:32–18:27	🌔 96%
Sun 25	06:58	07:26	12:48	18:09	18:37	10h 42m	−2:32	17:31–18:26	🌔 99%
Mon 26	06:59	07:27	12:48	18:07	18:36	10h 40m	−2:31	17:29–18:25	🌕 100%
Tue 27	07:00	07:28	12:48	18:06	18:34	10h 37m	−2:30	17:28–18:23	🌖 98%
Wed 28	07:01	07:30	12:47	18:05	18:33	10h 35m	−2:29	17:26–18:22	🌖 94%
Thu 29	07:02	07:31	12:47	18:03	18:32	10h 32m	−2:28	17:25–18:21	🌖 88%
Fri 30	07:03	07:32	12:47	18:02	18:31	10h 30m	−2:27	17:23–18:20	🌖 79%
Sat 31	07:05	07:33	12:47	18:01	18:29	10h 27m	−2:26	17:22–18:18	🌖 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	05:28	06:01	07:00	18:46	19:45	20:18	12h 14m	45.7°	266° W
Fri 2	05:30	06:02	07:01	18:44	19:44	20:16	12h 17m	45.3°	266° W
Sat 3	05:31	06:03	07:02	18:43	19:42	20:14	12h 20m	44.9°	265° W
Sun 4	05:32	06:04	07:03	18:41	19:40	20:12	12h 23m	44.6°	265° W
Mon 5	05:33	06:05	07:04	18:39	19:39	20:11	12h 25m	44.2°	264° W
Tue 6	05:34	06:06	07:05	18:38	19:37	20:09	12h 28m	43.8°	264° W
Wed 7	05:35	06:07	07:06	18:36	19:35	20:07	12h 31m	43.4°	263° W
Thu 8	05:36	06:08	07:07	18:35	19:34	20:06	12h 33m	43.0°	263° W
Fri 9	05:37	06:09	07:08	18:33	19:32	20:04	12h 36m	42.6°	262° W
Sat 10	05:38	06:10	07:09	18:31	19:31	20:03	12h 39m	42.3°	262° W
Sun 11	05:39	06:11	07:11	18:30	19:29	20:01	12h 41m	41.9°	261° W
Mon 12	05:40	06:12	07:12	18:28	19:28	19:59	12h 44m	41.5°	261° W
Tue 13	05:41	06:13	07:13	18:27	19:26	19:58	12h 47m	41.1°	260° W
Wed 14	05:42	06:14	07:14	18:25	19:25	19:56	12h 49m	40.8°	260° W
Thu 15	05:43	06:15	07:15	18:23	19:23	19:55	12h 52m	40.4°	259° W
Fri 16	05:44	06:16	07:16	18:22	19:22	19:53	12h 55m	40.0°	259° WSW
Sat 17	05:46	06:17	07:17	18:20	19:20	19:52	12h 57m	39.7°	258° WSW
Sun 18	05:47	06:18	07:18	18:19	19:19	19:50	13h 0m	39.3°	258° WSW
Mon 19	05:48	06:19	07:19	18:17	19:17	19:49	13h 3m	38.9°	257° WSW
Tue 20	05:49	06:21	07:20	18:16	19:16	19:48	13h 5m	38.6°	257° WSW
Wed 21	05:50	06:22	07:22	18:14	19:14	19:46	13h 8m	38.2°	256° WSW
Thu 22	05:51	06:23	07:23	18:13	19:13	19:45	13h 10m	37.9°	256° WSW
Fri 23	05:52	06:24	07:24	18:12	19:12	19:44	13h 13m	37.5°	255° WSW
Sat 24	05:53	06:25	07:25	18:10	19:10	19:42	13h 15m	37.2°	255° WSW
Sun 25	05:54	06:26	07:26	18:09	19:09	19:41	13h 18m	36.8°	254° WSW
Mon 26	05:55	06:27	07:27	18:07	19:08	19:40	13h 20m	36.5°	254° WSW
Tue 27	05:56	06:28	07:28	18:06	19:07	19:38	13h 23m	36.1°	254° WSW
Wed 28	05:57	06:29	07:30	18:05	19:05	19:37	13h 25m	35.8°	253° WSW
Thu 29	05:58	06:30	07:31	18:03	19:04	19:36	13h 28m	35.5°	253° WSW
Fri 30	05:59	06:31	07:32	18:02	19:03	19:35	13h 30m	35.1°	252° WSW
Sat 31	06:00	06:32	07:33	18:01	19:02	19:34	13h 33m	34.8°	252° 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	07:06	07:34	12:47	18:00	18:28	10h 25m	−2:25	17:21–18:17	🌖 57%
Mon 2	07:07	07:35	12:47	17:58	18:27	10h 23m	−2:24	17:19–18:16	🌗 45%
Tue 3	07:08	07:37	12:47	17:57	18:26	10h 20m	−2:23	17:18–18:15	🌘 34%
Wed 4	07:09	07:38	12:47	17:56	18:25	10h 18m	−2:21	17:17–18:14	🌘 24%
Thu 5	07:10	07:39	12:47	17:55	18:24	10h 15m	−2:20	17:15–18:13	🌘 15%
Fri 6	07:11	07:40	12:47	17:54	18:23	10h 13m	−2:19	17:14–18:12	🌘 8%
Sat 7	07:12	07:41	12:47	17:53	18:22	10h 11m	−2:17	17:13–18:11	🌘 4%
Sun 8	07:14	07:43	12:47	17:52	18:21	10h 9m	−2:16	17:12–18:10	🌘 1%
Mon 9	07:15	07:44	12:47	17:51	18:20	10h 6m	−2:14	17:11–18:09	🌑 0%
Tue 10	07:16	07:45	12:48	17:50	18:19	10h 4m	−2:12	17:09–18:08	🌒 2%
Wed 11	07:17	07:46	12:48	17:49	18:18	10h 2m	−2:10	17:08–18:07	🌒 5%
Thu 12	07:18	07:47	12:48	17:48	18:17	10h 0m	−2:09	17:07–18:06	🌒 9%
Fri 13	07:19	07:49	12:48	17:47	18:16	9h 58m	−2:07	17:06–18:05	🌒 15%
Sat 14	07:20	07:50	12:48	17:46	18:15	9h 56m	−2:05	17:05–18:04	🌒 23%
Sun 15	07:21	07:51	12:48	17:45	18:15	9h 54m	−2:03	17:04–18:03	🌒 31%
Mon 16	07:23	07:52	12:48	17:44	18:14	9h 52m	−2:01	17:03–18:03	🌒 40%
Tue 17	07:24	07:53	12:49	17:43	18:13	9h 50m	−1:58	17:02–18:02	🌓 50%
Wed 18	07:25	07:55	12:49	17:43	18:12	9h 48m	−1:56	17:01–18:01	🌔 60%
Thu 19	07:26	07:56	12:49	17:42	18:12	9h 46m	−1:54	17:01–18:00	🌔 69%
Fri 20	07:27	07:57	12:49	17:41	18:11	9h 44m	−1:51	17:00–18:00	🌔 78%
Sat 21	07:28	07:58	12:50	17:41	18:11	9h 42m	−1:49	16:59–17:59	🌔 87%
Sun 22	07:29	07:59	12:50	17:40	18:10	9h 40m	−1:46	16:58–17:59	🌔 93%
Mon 23	07:30	08:00	12:50	17:39	18:09	9h 39m	−1:44	16:58–17:58	🌔 98%
Tue 24	07:31	08:01	12:50	17:39	18:09	9h 37m	−1:41	16:57–17:57	🌕 100%
Wed 25	07:32	08:03	12:51	17:38	18:09	9h 35m	−1:38	16:56–17:57	🌖 99%
Thu 26	07:33	08:04	12:51	17:38	18:08	9h 34m	−1:35	16:56–17:57	🌖 96%
Fri 27	07:34	08:05	12:51	17:37	18:08	9h 32m	−1:33	16:55–17:56	🌖 90%
Sat 28	07:36	08:06	12:52	17:37	18:07	9h 31m	−1:30	16:55–17:56	🌖 82%
Sun 29	07:37	08:07	12:52	17:37	18:07	9h 29m	−1:26	16:54–17:55	🌖 73%
Mon 30	07:38	08:08	12:52	17:36	18:07	9h 28m	−1:23	16:54–17:55	🌖 62%

Longest and shortest day in Istanbul

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 15h 7m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 2 months, with 9h 13m.

Between them the day length swings by 5h 54m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:35 on 8 December; the latest is 20:40 on 27 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 05:31 on 14 June to 08:29 on 4 January.

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

What makes sunsets in Istanbul different

Sitting on the western side of its time zone puts solar noon at 12:51, a full 51 minutes after twelve o'clock, and drags the whole day — sunrise, noon and sunset — along with it.

Light lingers for 28 minutes after sunset before civil twilight ends — 4 minutes longer than the 24-minute median across tracked cities, which is what 41°N buys you.

Photographers get 54 minutes of golden light this evening, roughly 1.4× the 40 minutes available at the equator on the same date.

Between the June and December solstices the length of the day swings by 5h 54m here — among the widest of the 112 cities tracked in Turkey.

Between solstices the sunset walks 64° 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.

By the end of October the sun will be setting 45 minutes earlier than it did on the first, a shift of roughly 90 seconds a day.

Planning a sunset photo in Istanbul

Arrive by 17:39. Golden hour opens at 17:54 and the sun is down by 18:31, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 262° 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 18:48 and runs to 18:59, the end of civil twilight and 27m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Istanbul — 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 Istanbul today?

The sun sets in Istanbul at 18:31 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Istanbul?

It takes 27m. Civil twilight ends at 18:59 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Istanbul?

Evening golden hour runs 17:54 to 18:48 today, lasting 53m. Full golden hour times for Istanbul covers the morning window and the coming week.