Sunrise and sunset in Lisbon
In Lisbon today, the sun rises at 07:32 and sets at 19:19. Day length: 11 h 47 min. Golden hour today: 07:16–08:08 in the morning and 18:44–19:36 in the evening.
Thursday, October 1 2026 · Portugal
Thursday, October 1 2026 · Times in Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)
Sunrise 07:32 · Sunset 19:19 · Day length 11 h 47 min
Twilight
| Event | Time | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 06:04 | |
| Nautical dawn | 06:35 | |
| Civil dawn | 07:06 | |
| Sunrise | 07:32 | E 93° |
| Solar noon | 13:26 | 48.0° |
| Sunset | 19:19 | W 266° |
| Civil dusk | 19:46 | |
| Nautical dusk | 20:17 | |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:48 |
Golden and blue hour
| Event | Begins | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Morning blue hour | 07:06 | 07:16 |
| Morning golden hour | 07:16 | 08:08 |
| Evening golden hour | 18:44 | 19:36 |
| Evening blue hour | 19:36 | 19:46 |
Month table: October 2026
| Date | Civil dawn | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Civil dusk | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Oct 1 | 07:06 | 07:32 | 13:26 | 19:19 | 19:46 | 11 h 47 min |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 07:07 | 07:33 | 13:26 | 19:18 | 19:44 | 11 h 45 min |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 07:08 | 07:34 | 13:26 | 19:16 | 19:43 | 11 h 42 min |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 07:09 | 07:35 | 13:25 | 19:15 | 19:41 | 11 h 40 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 Lisbon
Lisbon lies at 38.7223° N, 9.1393° W, 2 m above sea level, in the Europe/Lisbon time zone.
The longest day of 2026 is June 21, with 14 h 53 min of daylight.
The shortest day is December 21, with only 9 h 27 min.
The earliest sunset (17:15) is on December 7 and the latest sunrise (07:55) on January 5: neither falls on the shortest day, because of the equation of time.
At noon, the sun climbs to 75° above the horizon in June but only 28° in December.
In June, Lisbon gets 2 h 13 min less daylight than Leeds; in December the difference is 2 h 3 min the other way.
Clocks go forward on March 29 and back on October 25.
About the sun in Lisbon
Lisbon is the westernmost capital of mainland Europe, at about 9.1° W. It uses Western European Time (UTC+0 in winter, UTC+1 in summer), so its clocks are one hour behind Madrid’s, and its sunsets are around 21:05 at the June solstice. The miradouros on the city’s hills look west and south over the Tagus estuary.