Sunrise and sunset in Stockholm
In Stockholm today, the sun rises at 06:52 and sets at 18:21. Day length: 11 h 29 min. Golden hour today: 06:28–07:47 in the morning and 17:26–18:46 in the evening.
Thursday, October 1 2026 · Sweden
Thursday, October 1 2026 · Times in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)
Sunrise 06:52 · Sunset 18:21 · Day length 11 h 29 min
Twilight
| Event | Time | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical dawn | 04:34 | |
| Nautical dawn | 05:24 | |
| Civil dawn | 06:12 | |
| Sunrise | 06:52 | E 95° |
| Solar noon | 12:37 | 27.4° |
| Sunset | 18:21 | W 265° |
| Civil dusk | 19:02 | |
| Nautical dusk | 19:49 | |
| Astronomical dusk | 20:39 |
Golden and blue hour
| Event | Begins | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Morning blue hour | 06:12 | 06:28 |
| Morning golden hour | 06:28 | 07:47 |
| Evening golden hour | 17:26 | 18:46 |
| Evening blue hour | 18:46 | 19:02 |
Month table: October 2026
| Date | Civil dawn | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Civil dusk | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Oct 1 | 06:12 | 06:52 | 12:37 | 18:21 | 19:02 | 11 h 29 min |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 06:14 | 06:55 | 12:37 | 18:18 | 18:59 | 11 h 23 min |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 06:16 | 06:57 | 12:37 | 18:15 | 18:56 | 11 h 18 min |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 06:19 | 06:59 | 12:36 | 18:12 | 18:53 | 11 h 13 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 Stockholm
Stockholm lies at 59.3293° N, 18.0686° E, 28 m above sea level, in the Europe/Stockholm time zone.
The longest day of 2026 is June 21, with 18 h 37 min of daylight.
The shortest day is December 21, with only 6 h 5 min.
The earliest sunset (14:47) is on December 16 and the latest sunrise (08:45) on December 27: neither falls on the shortest day, because of the equation of time.
At noon, the sun climbs to 54° above the horizon in June but only 7° in December.
In June, Stockholm gets 2 h 39 min more daylight than Budapest; in December the difference is 2 h 22 min the other way.
Clocks go forward on March 29 and back on October 25.
About the sun in Stockholm
Stockholm lies at about 59.3° N, spread over islands where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic. In June the sun is up for more than 18 hours and it never gets darker than nautical twilight; in December the day is only about 6 hours long, and the noon sun rises less than 8° above the horizon.