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London, England, United Kingdom — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2025

Daylight

7:21 am – 5:08 pm
9 hours, 47 minutes

Current Time: Feb 11, 2025 at 7:37:31 pm
Sun Direction: 278° West
Sun Altitude: -23.6°
Sun Distance: 91.755 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2025 9:01 am (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:21 am 112° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:08 pm 249° West
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2025 Sun Graph for London

December 2025 — Sun in London

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2025Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:44 am (125°)3:54 pm (234°)8:10:45−2:025:42 am5:56 pm6:22 am5:16 pm7:05 am4:33 pm11:49 am (16.7°)91.660
27:45 am (126°)3:54 pm (234°)8:08:47−1:575:43 am5:56 pm6:23 am5:15 pm7:06 am4:33 pm11:50 am (16.5°)91.644
37:46 am (126°)3:53 pm (234°)8:06:54−1:525:44 am5:55 pm6:25 am5:15 pm7:07 am4:32 pm11:50 am (16.4°)91.630
47:48 am (126°)3:53 pm (234°)8:05:07−1:475:45 am5:55 pm6:26 am5:15 pm7:08 am4:32 pm11:50 am (16.2°)91.616
57:49 am (126°)3:52 pm (233°)8:03:25−1:415:46 am5:55 pm6:27 am5:14 pm7:09 am4:32 pm11:51 am (16.1°)91.602
67:50 am (127°)3:52 pm (233°)8:01:48−1:365:47 am5:55 pm6:28 am5:14 pm7:11 am4:31 pm11:51 am (16.0°)91.589
77:51 am (127°)3:52 pm (233°)8:00:18−1:305:48 am5:54 pm6:29 am5:14 pm7:12 am4:31 pm11:52 am (15.9°)91.577
87:52 am (127°)3:51 pm (233°)7:58:52−1:255:49 am5:54 pm6:30 am5:14 pm7:13 am4:31 pm11:52 am (15.8°)91.565
97:54 am (127°)3:51 pm (233°)7:57:33−1:195:50 am5:54 pm6:31 am5:14 pm7:14 am4:31 pm11:52 am (15.7°)91.554
107:55 am (127°)3:51 pm (233°)7:56:19−1:135:51 am5:54 pm6:32 am5:14 pm7:15 am4:31 pm11:53 am (15.6°)91.543
117:56 am (128°)3:51 pm (232°)7:55:12−1:075:52 am5:54 pm6:33 am5:14 pm7:16 am4:31 pm11:53 am (15.5°)91.533
127:57 am (128°)3:51 pm (232°)7:54:10−1:015:53 am5:55 pm6:34 am5:14 pm7:17 am4:31 pm11:54 am (15.4°)91.523
137:58 am (128°)3:51 pm (232°)7:53:15−0:555:54 am5:55 pm6:34 am5:14 pm7:17 am4:31 pm11:54 am (15.4°)91.513
147:58 am (128°)3:51 pm (232°)7:52:26−0:495:55 am5:55 pm6:35 am5:14 pm7:18 am4:31 pm11:55 am (15.3°)91.504
157:59 am (128°)3:51 pm (232°)7:51:43−0:425:55 am5:55 pm6:36 am5:14 pm7:19 am4:31 pm11:55 am (15.3°)91.496
168:00 am (128°)3:51 pm (232°)7:51:06−0:365:56 am5:55 pm6:37 am5:15 pm7:20 am4:31 pm11:56 am (15.2°)91.487
178:01 am (128°)3:51 pm (232°)7:50:36−0:305:57 am5:56 pm6:37 am5:15 pm7:21 am4:32 pm11:56 am (15.2°)91.479
188:02 am (128°)3:52 pm (232°)7:50:13−0:235:57 am5:56 pm6:38 am5:15 pm7:21 am4:32 pm11:57 am (15.1°)91.472
198:02 am (128°)3:52 pm (232°)7:49:56−0:175:58 am5:56 pm6:39 am5:16 pm7:22 am4:32 pm11:57 am (15.1°)91.464
208:03 am (128°)3:53 pm (232°)7:49:45−0:105:58 am5:57 pm6:39 am5:16 pm7:22 am4:33 pm11:58 am (15.1°)91.457
218:03 am (128°)3:53 pm (232°)7:49:41−0:045:59 am5:57 pm6:40 am5:17 pm7:23 am4:33 pm11:58 am (15.1°)91.451
228:04 am (128°)3:54 pm (232°)7:49:44+0:025:59 am5:58 pm6:40 am5:17 pm7:24 am4:34 pm11:59 am (15.1°)91.445
238:04 am (128°)3:54 pm (232°)7:49:53+0:096:00 am5:58 pm6:41 am5:18 pm7:24 am4:34 pm11:59 am (15.1°)91.439
248:05 am (128°)3:55 pm (232°)7:50:08+0:156:00 am5:59 pm6:41 am5:18 pm7:24 am4:35 pm12:00 pm (15.1°)91.433
258:05 am (128°)3:55 pm (232°)7:50:30+0:226:01 am6:00 pm6:42 am5:19 pm7:25 am4:36 pm12:00 pm (15.2°)91.428
268:05 am (128°)3:56 pm (232°)7:50:59+0:286:01 am6:00 pm6:42 am5:20 pm7:25 am4:36 pm12:01 pm (15.2°)91.423
278:05 am (128°)3:57 pm (232°)7:51:34+0:346:01 am6:01 pm6:42 am5:20 pm7:25 am4:37 pm12:01 pm (15.2°)91.419
288:06 am (128°)3:58 pm (232°)7:52:15+0:416:02 am6:02 pm6:42 am5:21 pm7:25 am4:38 pm12:02 pm (15.3°)91.415
298:06 am (128°)3:59 pm (232°)7:53:03+0:476:02 am6:03 pm6:43 am5:22 pm7:26 am4:39 pm12:02 pm (15.4°)91.412
308:06 am (128°)4:00 pm (232°)7:53:57+0:536:02 am6:03 pm6:43 am5:23 pm7:26 am4:40 pm12:03 pm (15.4°)91.409
318:06 am (128°)4:01 pm (232°)7:54:57+1:006:02 am6:04 pm6:43 am5:24 pm7:26 am4:41 pm12:03 pm (15.5°)91.407
* All times are local time for London. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in London is at 3:03 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 8 hours, 49 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

The earliest sunset is on December 12. The latest sunrise is on December 30.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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