Sunset and sunrise times in Pretoria, South Africa

In Pretoria, South Africa the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 18:11 and rises at 05:37. Daylight lasts 12h 33m; evening golden hour runs from 17:40 to 18:25.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light: 05:14
Sunrise: 05:37
Solar noon: 11:54
Sunset: 18:11
Last light: 18:34
Day length: 12h 33m

18h 9m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 17:40 – 18:25
Blue hour: 18:25 – 18:34
Max sun altitude: 71.0°
Moon: 🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset: 05:16 / 18:17

The sun sets at 262° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:11 Golden hour 17:41 – 18:25 Day length 12h 35m vs today 1 minute longer

Where Pretoria is

Coordinates: 25.7449° S, 28.1878° E
Time zone: Africa/Johannesburg
Current offset: UTC+02:00
Elevation: 1,332 m
Population: 2,112,693

Sunrise and sunset in Pretoria, 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	05:24	05:47	11:56	18:07	18:30	12h 20m	+1:30	17:36–18:21	🌖 75%
Fri 2	05:23	05:46	11:56	18:07	18:30	12h 21m	+1:30	17:37–18:21	🌖 64%
Sat 3	05:21	05:44	11:56	18:08	18:31	12h 23m	+1:30	17:37–18:22	🌗 53%
Sun 4	05:20	05:43	11:56	18:08	18:31	12h 24m	+1:30	17:38–18:22	🌘 41%
Mon 5	05:19	05:42	11:55	18:08	18:32	12h 26m	+1:30	17:38–18:23	🌘 30%
Tue 6	05:18	05:41	11:55	18:09	18:32	12h 27m	+1:30	17:38–18:23	🌘 20%
Wed 7	05:17	05:40	11:55	18:09	18:33	12h 29m	+1:30	17:39–18:24	🌘 11%
Thu 8	05:16	05:39	11:54	18:10	18:33	12h 30m	+1:30	17:39–18:24	🌘 5%
Fri 9	05:15	05:38	11:54	18:10	18:33	12h 32m	+1:30	17:40–18:24	🌘 2%
Sat 10	05:14	05:37	11:54	18:11	18:34	12h 33m	+1:29	17:40–18:25	🌑 0%
Sun 11	05:13	05:36	11:54	18:11	18:35	12h 35m	+1:29	17:41–18:25	🌒 1%
Mon 12	05:12	05:35	11:53	18:12	18:35	12h 36m	+1:29	17:41–18:26	🌒 4%
Tue 13	05:11	05:34	11:53	18:12	18:36	12h 37m	+1:29	17:42–18:26	🌒 8%
Wed 14	05:10	05:33	11:53	18:13	18:36	12h 39m	+1:29	17:42–18:27	🌒 14%
Thu 15	05:09	05:32	11:53	18:13	18:37	12h 40m	+1:28	17:43–18:28	🌒 22%
Fri 16	05:08	05:31	11:52	18:14	18:37	12h 42m	+1:28	17:43–18:28	🌒 30%
Sat 17	05:07	05:30	11:52	18:14	18:38	12h 43m	+1:28	17:43–18:29	🌒 39%
Sun 18	05:06	05:29	11:52	18:15	18:38	12h 45m	+1:28	17:44–18:29	🌓 48%
Mon 19	05:05	05:29	11:52	18:15	18:39	12h 46m	+1:27	17:44–18:30	🌔 57%
Tue 20	05:04	05:28	11:52	18:16	18:39	12h 48m	+1:27	17:45–18:30	🌔 67%
Wed 21	05:03	05:27	11:51	18:16	18:40	12h 49m	+1:26	17:45–18:31	🌔 76%
Thu 22	05:02	05:26	11:51	18:17	18:41	12h 51m	+1:26	17:46–18:31	🌔 84%
Fri 23	05:01	05:25	11:51	18:18	18:41	12h 52m	+1:26	17:47–18:32	🌔 91%
Sat 24	05:00	05:24	11:51	18:18	18:42	12h 53m	+1:25	17:47–18:33	🌔 96%
Sun 25	05:00	05:23	11:51	18:19	18:42	12h 55m	+1:25	17:48–18:33	🌔 99%
Mon 26	04:59	05:22	11:51	18:19	18:43	12h 56m	+1:24	17:48–18:34	🌕 100%
Tue 27	04:58	05:22	11:51	18:20	18:44	12h 58m	+1:24	17:49–18:34	🌖 98%
Wed 28	04:57	05:21	11:51	18:20	18:44	12h 59m	+1:23	17:49–18:35	🌖 94%
Thu 29	04:56	05:20	11:50	18:21	18:45	13h 0m	+1:23	17:50–18:36	🌖 87%
Fri 30	04:55	05:19	11:50	18:22	18:46	13h 2m	+1:22	17:50–18:36	🌖 78%
Sat 31	04:55	05:19	11:50	18:22	18:46	13h 3m	+1:21	17:51–18:37	🌖 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	04:30	04:57	05:47	18:07	18:57	19:24	11h 38m	67.5°	266° W
Fri 2	04:28	04:56	05:46	18:07	18:57	19:24	11h 37m	67.9°	265° W
Sat 3	04:27	04:54	05:44	18:08	18:58	19:25	11h 35m	68.3°	265° W
Sun 4	04:26	04:53	05:43	18:08	18:58	19:25	11h 34m	68.7°	265° W
Mon 5	04:25	04:52	05:42	18:08	18:59	19:26	11h 32m	69.1°	264° W
Tue 6	04:24	04:51	05:41	18:09	18:59	19:27	11h 31m	69.5°	264° W
Wed 7	04:23	04:50	05:40	18:09	19:00	19:27	11h 29m	69.8°	263° W
Thu 8	04:21	04:49	05:39	18:10	19:00	19:28	11h 28m	70.2°	263° W
Fri 9	04:20	04:48	05:38	18:10	19:01	19:28	11h 26m	70.6°	262° W
Sat 10	04:19	04:47	05:37	18:11	19:01	19:29	11h 25m	71.0°	262° W
Sun 11	04:18	04:46	05:36	18:11	19:02	19:30	11h 23m	71.4°	262° W
Mon 12	04:17	04:45	05:35	18:12	19:02	19:30	11h 22m	71.7°	261° W
Tue 13	04:16	04:44	05:34	18:12	19:03	19:31	11h 21m	72.1°	261° W
Wed 14	04:15	04:42	05:33	18:13	19:04	19:31	11h 19m	72.5°	260° W
Thu 15	04:14	04:41	05:32	18:13	19:04	19:32	11h 18m	72.8°	260° W
Fri 16	04:12	04:40	05:31	18:14	19:05	19:33	11h 16m	73.2°	260° W
Sat 17	04:11	04:39	05:30	18:14	19:05	19:33	11h 15m	73.6°	259° W
Sun 18	04:10	04:38	05:29	18:15	19:06	19:34	11h 13m	73.9°	259° WSW
Mon 19	04:09	04:37	05:29	18:15	19:07	19:35	11h 12m	74.3°	258° WSW
Tue 20	04:08	04:36	05:28	18:16	19:07	19:36	11h 10m	74.7°	258° WSW
Wed 21	04:07	04:35	05:27	18:16	19:08	19:36	11h 9m	75.0°	258° WSW
Thu 22	04:06	04:34	05:26	18:17	19:09	19:37	11h 8m	75.4°	257° WSW
Fri 23	04:05	04:33	05:25	18:18	19:09	19:38	11h 6m	75.7°	257° WSW
Sat 24	04:04	04:32	05:24	18:18	19:10	19:39	11h 5m	76.1°	256° WSW
Sun 25	04:03	04:32	05:23	18:19	19:11	19:39	11h 3m	76.4°	256° WSW
Mon 26	04:02	04:31	05:22	18:19	19:11	19:40	11h 2m	76.8°	256° WSW
Tue 27	04:01	04:30	05:22	18:20	19:12	19:41	11h 1m	77.1°	255° WSW
Wed 28	04:00	04:29	05:21	18:20	19:13	19:42	10h 59m	77.4°	255° WSW
Thu 29	03:59	04:28	05:20	18:21	19:13	19:43	10h 58m	77.8°	254° WSW
Fri 30	03:58	04:27	05:19	18:22	19:14	19:43	10h 56m	78.1°	254° WSW
Sat 31	03:57	04:26	05:19	18:22	19:15	19:44	10h 55m	78.4°	254° 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	04:54	05:18	11:50	18:23	18:47	13h 5m	+1:21	17:52–18:38	🌖 57%
Mon 2	04:53	05:17	11:50	18:24	18:48	13h 6m	+1:20	17:52–18:38	🌗 45%
Tue 3	04:52	05:17	11:50	18:24	18:49	13h 7m	+1:19	17:53–18:39	🌘 34%
Wed 4	04:52	05:16	11:50	18:25	18:49	13h 8m	+1:18	17:53–18:40	🌘 23%
Thu 5	04:51	05:15	11:50	18:26	18:50	13h 10m	+1:18	17:54–18:40	🌘 15%
Fri 6	04:50	05:15	11:50	18:26	18:51	13h 11m	+1:17	17:55–18:41	🌘 8%
Sat 7	04:50	05:14	11:50	18:27	18:51	13h 12m	+1:16	17:55–18:42	🌘 3%
Sun 8	04:49	05:14	11:50	18:28	18:52	13h 14m	+1:15	17:56–18:43	🌘 1%
Mon 9	04:49	05:13	11:51	18:28	18:53	13h 15m	+1:14	17:56–18:43	🌑 0%
Tue 10	04:48	05:13	11:51	18:29	18:54	13h 16m	+1:13	17:57–18:44	🌒 2%
Wed 11	04:47	05:12	11:51	18:30	18:54	13h 17m	+1:12	17:58–18:45	🌒 5%
Thu 12	04:47	05:12	11:51	18:30	18:55	13h 18m	+1:11	17:58–18:46	🌒 9%
Fri 13	04:46	05:11	11:51	18:31	18:56	13h 20m	+1:10	17:59–18:46	🌒 16%
Sat 14	04:46	05:11	11:51	18:32	18:57	13h 21m	+1:09	18:00–18:47	🌒 23%
Sun 15	04:45	05:10	11:51	18:33	18:57	13h 22m	+1:08	18:00–18:48	🌒 31%
Mon 16	04:45	05:10	11:51	18:33	18:58	13h 23m	+1:07	18:01–18:49	🌒 40%
Tue 17	04:45	05:10	11:52	18:34	18:59	13h 24m	+1:05	18:02–18:49	🌓 50%
Wed 18	04:44	05:09	11:52	18:35	19:00	13h 25m	+1:04	18:02–18:50	🌔 60%
Thu 19	04:44	05:09	11:52	18:36	19:01	13h 26m	+1:03	18:03–18:51	🌔 70%
Fri 20	04:44	05:09	11:52	18:36	19:01	13h 27m	+1:01	18:04–18:52	🌔 79%
Sat 21	04:43	05:08	11:53	18:37	19:02	13h 28m	+1:00	18:05–18:52	🌔 87%
Sun 22	04:43	05:08	11:53	18:38	19:03	13h 29m	+0:59	18:05–18:53	🌔 93%
Mon 23	04:43	05:08	11:53	18:39	19:04	13h 30m	+0:57	18:06–18:54	🌔 98%
Tue 24	04:42	05:08	11:53	18:39	19:05	13h 31m	+0:56	18:07–18:55	🌕 100%
Wed 25	04:42	05:08	11:54	18:40	19:05	13h 32m	+0:54	18:07–18:56	🌖 99%
Thu 26	04:42	05:07	11:54	18:41	19:06	13h 33m	+0:52	18:08–18:56	🌖 96%
Fri 27	04:42	05:07	11:54	18:42	19:07	13h 34m	+0:51	18:09–18:57	🌖 90%
Sat 28	04:42	05:07	11:55	18:42	19:08	13h 34m	+0:49	18:09–18:58	🌖 82%
Sun 29	04:42	05:07	11:55	18:43	19:09	13h 35m	+0:47	18:10–18:59	🌖 72%
Mon 30	04:42	05:07	11:55	18:44	19:09	13h 36m	+0:46	18:11–18:59	🌖 61%

Longest and shortest day in Pretoria

The longest day falls on 21 December 2026, in 2 months, with 13h 44m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 10h 31m.

Between them the day length swings by 3h 13m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:23 on 8 June; the latest is 19:03 on 12 January. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 05:07 on 30 November to 06:54 on 3 July.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 6m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Pretoria different

Sunset here is followed by about 23 minutes of usable light before civil twilight ends — almost exactly the 24-minute median across the cities tracked here.

The shallow approach angle at 25.7° stretches this evening's golden hour to 45 minutes, against about 40 for a city on the equator today.

Between the June and December solstices the length of the day swings by 3h 13m here — among the narrowest of the 75 cities tracked in South Africa.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it WSW, June swings it 52° round to WNW. Tonight, W.

Sunset drifts 31 seconds later each day this month — 16 minutes from the first of October to the last.

At 1,332 m the horizon sits 1.26° lower than at sea level, so the sun sets about 5.7 minutes later here than the standard tables suggest — roughly 11.3 minutes of extra daylight across the day.

Planning a sunset photo in Pretoria

Arrive by 17:25. Golden hour opens at 17:40 and the sun is down by 18:11, 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 18:25 and runs to 18:34, the end of civil twilight and 23m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Pretoria — 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 Pretoria today?

The sun sets in Pretoria at 18:11 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Pretoria?

It takes 23m. Civil twilight ends at 18:34 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Pretoria?

Evening golden hour runs 17:40 to 18:25 today, lasting 44m. Full golden hour times for Pretoria covers the morning window and the coming week.