Sunrise and sunset in Amsterdam
In Amsterdam today, the sun rises at 07:41 and sets at 19:18. Day length: 11 h 37 min. Golden hour today: 07:21–08:27 in the morning and 18:33–19:39 in the evening.
Thursday, October 1 2026 · Netherlands
Thursday, October 1 2026 · Times in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Sunrise 07:41 · Sunset 19:18 · Day length 11 h 37 min
Twilight
| Event | Time | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 05:47 | |
| Nautical dawn | 06:28 | |
| Civil dawn | 07:07 | |
| Sunrise | 07:41 | E 94° |
| Solar noon | 13:30 | 34.4° |
| Sunset | 19:18 | W 266° |
| Civil dusk | 19:52 | |
| Nautical dusk | 20:31 | |
| Astronomical dusk | 21:12 |
Golden and blue hour
| Event | Begins | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Morning blue hour | 07:07 | 07:21 |
| Morning golden hour | 07:21 | 08:27 |
| Evening golden hour | 18:33 | 19:39 |
| Evening blue hour | 19:39 | 19:52 |
Month table: October 2026
| Date | Civil dawn | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Civil dusk | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Oct 1 | 07:07 | 07:41 | 13:30 | 19:18 | 19:52 | 11 h 37 min |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 07:09 | 07:43 | 13:30 | 19:15 | 19:49 | 11 h 32 min |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 07:11 | 07:45 | 13:29 | 19:13 | 19:47 | 11 h 28 min |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 07:12 | 07:46 | 13:29 | 19:11 | 19:45 | 11 h 24 min |
Daylight through the year
- Daylight
- Civil twilight
- Nautical twilight
- Astronomical twilight
- Night
Each column is one day. Yellow shows daylight, the blue shades show civil, nautical and astronomical twilight, dark blue is night. Steps in spring and autumn are daylight saving time changes.
Sun path
- Selected day
- June solstice
- December solstice
The sun’s path across the sky seen from above: the centre is straight overhead, the edge is the horizon. Solid: selected day. Dashed: June and December solstices.
Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. How we calculate
Sun facts in Amsterdam
Amsterdam lies at 52.3676° N, 4.9041° E, -2 m above sea level, in the Europe/Amsterdam time zone.
The longest day of 2026 is June 21, with 16 h 48 min of daylight.
The shortest day is December 21, with only 7 h 41 min.
The earliest sunset (16:27) is on December 13 and the latest sunrise (08:51) on December 30: neither falls on the shortest day, because of the equation of time.
At noon, the sun climbs to 61° above the horizon in June but only 14° in December.
In June, Amsterdam gets 51 min more daylight than Zurich; in December the difference is 47 min the other way.
Clocks go forward on March 29 and back on October 25.
About the sun in Amsterdam
Amsterdam is flat and lies about 5° east, far west of the Central European time zone meridian, so solar noon is around 12:40 in winter and 13:40 in summer. At about 52.4° N, days range from about 16 hours 50 minutes in June to 7 hours 40 minutes in December, and there is no astronomical night around the June solstice.