Sunset and sunrise times in Sanaa, Yemen

In Sanaa, Yemen the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 17:46 and rises at 05:54. Daylight lasts 11h 52m; evening golden hour runs from 17:17 to 17:59.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light: 05:32
Sunrise: 05:54
Solar noon: 11:50
Sunset: 17:46
Last light: 18:07
Day length: 11h 52m

17h 44m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 17:17 – 17:59
Blue hour: 17:59 – 18:07
Max sun altitude: 67.9°
Moon: 🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset: 05:34 / 17:38

The sun sets at 263° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:45 Golden hour 17:16 – 17:58 Day length 11h 51m vs today 1 minute shorter

Where Sanaa is

Coordinates: 15.3545° N, 44.2065° E
Time zone: Asia/Aden
Current offset: UTC+03:00
Elevation: 2,253 m
Population: 1,937,451

Sunrise and sunset in Sanaa, 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	05:31	05:52	11:52	17:52	18:14	11h 59m	−0:51	17:24–18:05	🌖 75%
Fri 2	05:31	05:53	11:52	17:51	18:13	11h 58m	−0:51	17:23–18:05	🌖 65%
Sat 3	05:31	05:53	11:52	17:51	18:12	11h 58m	−0:51	17:22–18:04	🌗 53%
Sun 4	05:31	05:53	11:51	17:50	18:11	11h 57m	−0:51	17:21–18:03	🌘 41%
Mon 5	05:31	05:53	11:51	17:49	18:11	11h 56m	−0:51	17:21–18:02	🌘 30%
Tue 6	05:31	05:53	11:51	17:48	18:10	11h 55m	−0:51	17:20–18:02	🌘 20%
Wed 7	05:32	05:53	11:51	17:48	18:09	11h 54m	−0:51	17:19–18:01	🌘 12%
Thu 8	05:32	05:53	11:50	17:47	18:09	11h 53m	−0:51	17:19–18:00	🌘 6%
Fri 9	05:32	05:53	11:50	17:46	18:08	11h 53m	−0:50	17:18–18:00	🌘 2%
Sat 10	05:32	05:54	11:50	17:46	18:07	11h 52m	−0:50	17:17–17:59	🌑 0%
Sun 11	05:32	05:54	11:49	17:45	18:07	11h 51m	−0:50	17:16–17:58	🌒 1%
Mon 12	05:32	05:54	11:49	17:44	18:06	11h 50m	−0:50	17:16–17:58	🌒 4%
Tue 13	05:32	05:54	11:49	17:44	18:05	11h 49m	−0:50	17:15–17:57	🌒 8%
Wed 14	05:33	05:54	11:49	17:43	18:05	11h 48m	−0:50	17:14–17:56	🌒 14%
Thu 15	05:33	05:54	11:48	17:42	18:04	11h 48m	−0:50	17:14–17:56	🌒 21%
Fri 16	05:33	05:55	11:48	17:42	18:03	11h 47m	−0:49	17:13–17:55	🌒 29%
Sat 17	05:33	05:55	11:48	17:41	18:03	11h 46m	−0:49	17:12–17:54	🌒 38%
Sun 18	05:33	05:55	11:48	17:41	18:02	11h 45m	−0:49	17:12–17:54	🌓 47%
Mon 19	05:33	05:55	11:48	17:40	18:02	11h 44m	−0:49	17:11–17:53	🌔 57%
Tue 20	05:34	05:55	11:47	17:39	18:01	11h 43m	−0:48	17:10–17:53	🌔 66%
Wed 21	05:34	05:56	11:47	17:39	18:01	11h 43m	−0:48	17:10–17:52	🌔 75%
Thu 22	05:34	05:56	11:47	17:38	18:00	11h 42m	−0:48	17:09–17:52	🌔 83%
Fri 23	05:34	05:56	11:47	17:38	17:59	11h 41m	−0:48	17:09–17:51	🌔 90%
Sat 24	05:35	05:56	11:47	17:37	17:59	11h 40m	−0:47	17:08–17:51	🌔 96%
Sun 25	05:35	05:57	11:47	17:37	17:59	11h 39m	−0:47	17:07–17:50	🌔 99%
Mon 26	05:35	05:57	11:47	17:36	17:58	11h 39m	−0:47	17:07–17:50	🌕 100%
Tue 27	05:35	05:57	11:47	17:36	17:58	11h 38m	−0:46	17:06–17:49	🌖 98%
Wed 28	05:36	05:58	11:46	17:35	17:57	11h 37m	−0:46	17:06–17:49	🌖 94%
Thu 29	05:36	05:58	11:46	17:35	17:57	11h 36m	−0:46	17:05–17:48	🌖 88%
Fri 30	05:36	05:58	11:46	17:34	17:56	11h 36m	−0:45	17:05–17:48	🌖 79%
Sat 31	05:36	05:58	11:46	17:34	17:56	11h 35m	−0:45	17:04–17:47	🌖 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	04:41	05:06	05:52	17:52	18:39	19:03	12h 0m	71.4°	267° W
Fri 2	04:41	05:06	05:53	17:51	18:38	19:03	12h 1m	71.0°	266° W
Sat 3	04:41	05:06	05:53	17:51	18:37	19:02	12h 2m	70.6°	266° W
Sun 4	04:41	05:06	05:53	17:50	18:36	19:01	12h 2m	70.2°	266° W
Mon 5	04:42	05:06	05:53	17:49	18:36	19:00	12h 3m	69.8°	265° W
Tue 6	04:42	05:07	05:53	17:48	18:35	19:00	12h 4m	69.5°	265° W
Wed 7	04:42	05:07	05:53	17:48	18:34	18:59	12h 5m	69.1°	264° W
Thu 8	04:42	05:07	05:53	17:47	18:34	18:58	12h 6m	68.7°	264° W
Fri 9	04:42	05:07	05:53	17:46	18:33	18:58	12h 7m	68.3°	264° W
Sat 10	04:42	05:07	05:54	17:46	18:32	18:57	12h 8m	67.9°	263° W
Sun 11	04:42	05:07	05:54	17:45	18:32	18:56	12h 8m	67.6°	263° W
Mon 12	04:42	05:07	05:54	17:44	18:31	18:56	12h 9m	67.2°	262° W
Tue 13	04:42	05:07	05:54	17:44	18:30	18:55	12h 10m	66.8°	262° W
Wed 14	04:43	05:08	05:54	17:43	18:30	18:55	12h 11m	66.4°	262° W
Thu 15	04:43	05:08	05:54	17:42	18:29	18:54	12h 12m	66.1°	261° W
Fri 16	04:43	05:08	05:55	17:42	18:28	18:53	12h 13m	65.7°	261° W
Sat 17	04:43	05:08	05:55	17:41	18:28	18:53	12h 13m	65.3°	260° W
Sun 18	04:43	05:08	05:55	17:41	18:27	18:52	12h 14m	65.0°	260° W
Mon 19	04:43	05:08	05:55	17:40	18:27	18:52	12h 15m	64.6°	260° W
Tue 20	04:43	05:08	05:55	17:39	18:26	18:51	12h 16m	64.2°	259° W
Wed 21	04:44	05:09	05:56	17:39	18:26	18:51	12h 17m	63.9°	259° W
Thu 22	04:44	05:09	05:56	17:38	18:25	18:50	12h 17m	63.5°	259° WSW
Fri 23	04:44	05:09	05:56	17:38	18:25	18:50	12h 18m	63.2°	258° WSW
Sat 24	04:44	05:09	05:56	17:37	18:24	18:49	12h 19m	62.8°	258° WSW
Sun 25	04:44	05:09	05:57	17:37	18:24	18:49	12h 20m	62.5°	258° WSW
Mon 26	04:44	05:10	05:57	17:36	18:23	18:49	12h 21m	62.2°	257° WSW
Tue 27	04:45	05:10	05:57	17:36	18:23	18:48	12h 21m	61.8°	257° WSW
Wed 28	04:45	05:10	05:58	17:35	18:23	18:48	12h 22m	61.5°	256° WSW
Thu 29	04:45	05:10	05:58	17:35	18:22	18:47	12h 23m	61.1°	256° WSW
Fri 30	04:45	05:11	05:58	17:34	18:22	18:47	12h 24m	60.8°	256° WSW
Sat 31	04:46	05:11	05:58	17:34	18:21	18:47	12h 24m	60.5°	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	05:37	05:59	11:46	17:33	17:56	11h 34m	−0:45	17:04–17:47	🌖 57%
Mon 2	05:37	05:59	11:46	17:33	17:55	11h 33m	−0:44	17:04–17:47	🌗 45%
Tue 3	05:37	06:00	11:46	17:33	17:55	11h 33m	−0:44	17:03–17:46	🌘 34%
Wed 4	05:38	06:00	11:46	17:32	17:55	11h 32m	−0:43	17:03–17:46	🌘 24%
Thu 5	05:38	06:00	11:46	17:32	17:54	11h 31m	−0:43	17:02–17:46	🌘 15%
Fri 6	05:38	06:01	11:46	17:32	17:54	11h 31m	−0:42	17:02–17:45	🌘 8%
Sat 7	05:39	06:01	11:46	17:31	17:54	11h 30m	−0:42	17:02–17:45	🌘 4%
Sun 8	05:39	06:01	11:46	17:31	17:53	11h 29m	−0:41	17:01–17:45	🌘 1%
Mon 9	05:40	06:02	11:46	17:31	17:53	11h 28m	−0:41	17:01–17:45	🌑 0%
Tue 10	05:40	06:02	11:47	17:31	17:53	11h 28m	−0:40	17:01–17:44	🌒 2%
Wed 11	05:40	06:03	11:47	17:30	17:53	11h 27m	−0:40	17:00–17:44	🌒 5%
Thu 12	05:41	06:03	11:47	17:30	17:53	11h 26m	−0:39	17:00–17:44	🌒 9%
Fri 13	05:41	06:04	11:47	17:30	17:53	11h 26m	−0:38	17:00–17:44	🌒 15%
Sat 14	05:42	06:04	11:47	17:30	17:52	11h 25m	−0:38	17:00–17:44	🌒 23%
Sun 15	05:42	06:05	11:47	17:30	17:52	11h 25m	−0:37	17:00–17:44	🌒 31%
Mon 16	05:42	06:05	11:47	17:30	17:52	11h 24m	−0:36	16:59–17:43	🌒 40%
Tue 17	05:43	06:06	11:48	17:29	17:52	11h 23m	−0:36	16:59–17:43	🌓 50%
Wed 18	05:43	06:06	11:48	17:29	17:52	11h 23m	−0:35	16:59–17:43	🌔 60%
Thu 19	05:44	06:07	11:48	17:29	17:52	11h 22m	−0:34	16:59–17:43	🌔 69%
Fri 20	05:44	06:07	11:48	17:29	17:52	11h 22m	−0:33	16:59–17:43	🌔 78%
Sat 21	05:45	06:08	11:48	17:29	17:52	11h 21m	−0:33	16:59–17:43	🌔 87%
Sun 22	05:45	06:08	11:49	17:29	17:52	11h 21m	−0:32	16:59–17:43	🌔 93%
Mon 23	05:46	06:09	11:49	17:29	17:52	11h 20m	−0:31	16:59–17:43	🌔 98%
Tue 24	05:46	06:09	11:49	17:29	17:52	11h 20m	−0:30	16:59–17:43	🌕 100%
Wed 25	05:47	06:10	11:50	17:29	17:52	11h 19m	−0:29	16:59–17:43	🌖 99%
Thu 26	05:47	06:10	11:50	17:29	17:52	11h 19m	−0:28	16:59–17:44	🌖 96%
Fri 27	05:48	06:11	11:50	17:30	17:52	11h 18m	−0:28	16:59–17:44	🌖 90%
Sat 28	05:48	06:11	11:51	17:30	17:53	11h 18m	−0:27	16:59–17:44	🌖 82%
Sun 29	05:49	06:12	11:51	17:30	17:53	11h 17m	−0:26	16:59–17:44	🌖 73%
Mon 30	05:50	06:13	11:51	17:30	17:53	11h 17m	−0:25	16:59–17:44	🌖 62%

Longest and shortest day in Sanaa

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 13h 2m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 2 months, with 11h 12m.

Between them the day length swings by 1h 49m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:29 on 22 November; the latest is 18:38 on 8 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 05:31 on 3 June to 06:33 on 21 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 8m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Sanaa different

Sunset here is followed by about 22 minutes of usable light before civil twilight ends — almost exactly the 24-minute median across the cities tracked here.

Between the June and December solstices the length of the day swings by 1h 49m here — among the widest of the 7 cities tracked in Yemen.

Over a year the sunset point slides 49° along the horizon, from WSW at the December solstice to WNW in June. Today it is W.

Across October the sunset moves 18 minutes earlier, averaging about 37 seconds a day.

On 2 May and 11 August the midday sun stands at the zenith, 101 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow.

At 2,253 m the horizon sits 1.64° lower than at sea level, so the sun sets about 6.9 minutes later here than the standard tables suggest — roughly 13.7 minutes of extra daylight across the day.

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 9 minutes earlier in the coming fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Sanaa

Arrive by 17:02. Golden hour opens at 17:17 and the sun is down by 17:46, 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 17:59 and runs to 18:07, 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 Sanaa — 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 Sanaa today?

The sun sets in Sanaa at 17:46 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Sanaa?

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 18:07 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Sanaa?

Evening golden hour runs 17:17 to 17:59 today, lasting 41m. Full golden hour times for Sanaa covers the morning window and the coming week.

Other cities in Yemen

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