Sunrise and sunset in Reykjavik
In Reykjavik today, the sun rises at 07:37 and sets at 18:57. Day length: 11 h 20 min. Golden hour today: 07:07–08:41 in the morning and 17:52–19:26 in the evening.
Thursday, October 1 2026 · Iceland
Thursday, October 1 2026 · Times in Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
Sunrise 07:37 · Sunset 18:57 · Day length 11 h 20 min
Twilight
| Event | Time | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:52 | |
| Nautical dawn | 05:53 | |
| Civil dawn | 06:49 | |
| Sunrise | 07:37 | E 96° |
| Solar noon | 13:17 | 22.6° |
| Sunset | 18:57 | W 264° |
| Civil dusk | 19:44 | |
| Nautical dusk | 20:40 | |
| Astronomical dusk | 21:41 |
Golden and blue hour
| Event | Begins | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Morning blue hour | 06:49 | 07:07 |
| Morning golden hour | 07:07 | 08:41 |
| Evening golden hour | 17:52 | 19:26 |
| Evening blue hour | 19:26 | 19:44 |
Month table: October 2026
| Date | Civil dawn | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Civil dusk | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Oct 1 | 06:49 | 07:37 | 13:17 | 18:57 | 19:44 | 11 h 20 min |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 06:52 | 07:39 | 13:17 | 18:53 | 19:41 | 11 h 14 min |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 06:55 | 07:42 | 13:17 | 18:50 | 19:37 | 11 h 7 min |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 06:58 | 07:45 | 13:16 | 18:46 | 19:34 | 11 h 1 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 Reykjavik
Reykjavik lies at 64.1466° N, 21.9426° W, 15 m above sea level, in the Atlantic/Reykjavik time zone.
The longest day of 2026 is June 21, with 21 h 9 min of daylight.
The shortest day is December 21, with only 4 h 7 min.
The earliest sunset (15:29) is on December 18 and the latest sunrise (11:23) on December 25: neither falls on the shortest day, because of the equation of time.
At noon, the sun climbs to 49° above the horizon in June but only 3° in December.
In June, Reykjavik gets 4 h 38 min more daylight than Brighton; in December the difference is 3 h 49 min the other way.
No daylight saving time; clocks stay the same all year.
About the sun in Reykjavik
Reykjavik, at about 64.1° N, has the most extreme daylight of any European capital: about 21 hours at the June solstice, when the sun barely dips below the horizon, and about 4 hours at the December solstice. Iceland uses UTC all year, although it lies far to the west, so solar noon is around 13:30 and the winter sun rises after 11:00.