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Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2025

Daylight

5:50 am – 6:31 pm
12 hours, 41 minutes

Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 3:51:27 pm
Sun Direction: 250° West
Sun Altitude: 29.5°
Sun Distance: 150.635 million km
Next Equinox: Sep 23, 2025 2:19 am (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 5:50 am 83° East
Sunset Today: 6:31 pm 277° West

2025 Sun Graph for Beijing

December 2025 — Sun in Beijing

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Astronomical Twilight Nautical Twilight Civil Twilight Solar Noon
Dec Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Start End Start End Start End Time Mil. km
1 7:16 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:33:24 −1:16 5:40 am 6:26 pm 6:13 am 5:53 pm 6:46 am 5:19 pm 12:03 pm (28.3°) 147.520
2 7:17 am (118°) 4:49 pm (242°) 9:32:11 −1:13 5:41 am 6:25 pm 6:14 am 5:53 pm 6:47 am 5:19 pm 12:03 pm (28.1°) 147.495
3 7:18 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:31:01 −1:09 5:42 am 6:25 pm 6:14 am 5:53 pm 6:48 am 5:19 pm 12:04 pm (28.0°) 147.471
4 7:19 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:29:55 −1:06 5:43 am 6:25 pm 6:15 am 5:53 pm 6:49 am 5:19 pm 12:04 pm (27.9°) 147.449
5 7:20 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:28:51 −1:03 5:43 am 6:25 pm 6:16 am 5:53 pm 6:50 am 5:19 pm 12:04 pm (27.7°) 147.427
6 7:21 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:27:51 −0:59 5:44 am 6:25 pm 6:17 am 5:53 pm 6:51 am 5:19 pm 12:05 pm (27.6°) 147.406
7 7:22 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:26:55 −0:56 5:45 am 6:25 pm 6:18 am 5:53 pm 6:52 am 5:19 pm 12:05 pm (27.5°) 147.385
8 7:23 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:26:02 −0:52 5:46 am 6:26 pm 6:19 am 5:53 pm 6:52 am 5:19 pm 12:06 pm (27.4°) 147.366
9 7:24 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:25:13 −0:49 5:47 am 6:26 pm 6:19 am 5:53 pm 6:53 am 5:19 pm 12:06 pm (27.3°) 147.348
10 7:24 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:24:27 −0:45 5:47 am 6:26 pm 6:20 am 5:53 pm 6:54 am 5:19 pm 12:07 pm (27.2°) 147.330
11 7:25 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:23:45 −0:42 5:48 am 6:26 pm 6:21 am 5:53 pm 6:55 am 5:19 pm 12:07 pm (27.1°) 147.313
12 7:26 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:23:06 −0:38 5:49 am 6:26 pm 6:22 am 5:53 pm 6:56 am 5:19 pm 12:08 pm (27.0°) 147.297
13 7:27 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:22:31 −0:34 5:49 am 6:27 pm 6:22 am 5:54 pm 6:56 am 5:20 pm 12:08 pm (27.0°) 147.281
14 7:27 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:22:01 −0:30 5:50 am 6:27 pm 6:23 am 5:54 pm 6:57 am 5:20 pm 12:09 pm (26.9°) 147.267
15 7:28 am (120°) 4:50 pm (240°) 9:21:34 −0:27 5:51 am 6:27 pm 6:24 am 5:54 pm 6:58 am 5:20 pm 12:09 pm (26.8°) 147.252
16 7:29 am (120°) 4:50 pm (240°) 9:21:10 −0:23 5:51 am 6:27 pm 6:24 am 5:55 pm 6:58 am 5:21 pm 12:09 pm (26.8°) 147.239
17 7:30 am (120°) 4:50 pm (240°) 9:20:51 −0:19 5:52 am 6:28 pm 6:25 am 5:55 pm 6:59 am 5:21 pm 12:10 pm (26.8°) 147.226
18 7:30 am (120°) 4:51 pm (240°) 9:20:35 −0:15 5:53 am 6:28 pm 6:26 am 5:55 pm 7:00 am 5:21 pm 12:10 pm (26.7°) 147.213
19 7:31 am (120°) 4:51 pm (240°) 9:20:24 −0:11 5:53 am 6:29 pm 6:26 am 5:56 pm 7:00 am 5:22 pm 12:11 pm (26.7°) 147.201
20 7:31 am (120°) 4:52 pm (240°) 9:20:16 −0:07 5:54 am 6:29 pm 6:27 am 5:56 pm 7:01 am 5:22 pm 12:11 pm (26.7°) 147.190
21 7:32 am (120°) 4:52 pm (240°) 9:20:12 −0:03 5:54 am 6:30 pm 6:27 am 5:57 pm 7:01 am 5:23 pm 12:12 pm (26.7°) 147.179
22 7:32 am (120°) 4:53 pm (240°) 9:20:13 < 1s 5:55 am 6:30 pm 6:28 am 5:57 pm 7:02 am 5:23 pm 12:12 pm (26.7°) 147.169
23 7:33 am (120°) 4:53 pm (240°) 9:20:17 +0:04 5:55 am 6:31 pm 6:28 am 5:58 pm 7:02 am 5:24 pm 12:13 pm (26.7°) 147.159
24 7:33 am (120°) 4:54 pm (240°) 9:20:25 +0:08 5:56 am 6:31 pm 6:29 am 5:58 pm 7:03 am 5:24 pm 12:13 pm (26.7°) 147.150
25 7:34 am (120°) 4:54 pm (240°) 9:20:37 +0:12 5:56 am 6:32 pm 6:29 am 5:59 pm 7:03 am 5:25 pm 12:14 pm (26.7°) 147.142
26 7:34 am (120°) 4:55 pm (240°) 9:20:53 +0:15 5:57 am 6:32 pm 6:30 am 5:59 pm 7:04 am 5:25 pm 12:14 pm (26.8°) 147.134
27 7:34 am (120°) 4:56 pm (240°) 9:21:13 +0:19 5:57 am 6:33 pm 6:30 am 6:00 pm 7:04 am 5:26 pm 12:15 pm (26.8°) 147.127
28 7:35 am (120°) 4:56 pm (240°) 9:21:37 +0:23 5:57 am 6:34 pm 6:30 am 6:01 pm 7:04 am 5:27 pm 12:15 pm (26.8°) 147.120
29 7:35 am (120°) 4:57 pm (240°) 9:22:04 +0:27 5:58 am 6:34 pm 6:31 am 6:01 pm 7:04 am 5:27 pm 12:16 pm (26.9°) 147.115
30 7:35 am (120°) 4:58 pm (240°) 9:22:36 +0:31 5:58 am 6:35 pm 6:31 am 6:02 pm 7:05 am 5:28 pm 12:16 pm (27.0°) 147.110
31 7:35 am (120°) 4:59 pm (240°) 9:23:11 +0:35 5:58 am 6:36 pm 6:31 am 6:03 pm 7:05 am 5:29 pm 12:17 pm (27.0°) 147.106
* All times are local time for Beijing. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Beijing is at 11:03 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 40 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 7 or December 8.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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