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Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

6:10 am – 6:31 pm
12 hours, 21 minutes

Current Time: Mar 25, 2026 at 6:30:34 pm
Sun Direction: 273° West
Sun Altitude: -0.1°
Sun Distance: 92.700 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2026 4:24 pm (Summer)
Sunrise Today: 6:10 am 87° East
Sunset Today: 6:31 pm 273° West

2026 Sun Graph for Beijing

December 2026 — Sun in Beijing

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Astronomical Twilight Nautical Twilight Civil Twilight Solar Noon
Dec Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Start End Start End Start End Time Mil. mi
1 7:16 am (118°) 4:50 pm (242°) 9:33:43 −1:17 5:40 am 6:26 pm 6:12 am 5:53 pm 6:46 am 5:19 pm 12:03 pm (28.3°) 91.669
2 7:17 am (118°) 4:49 pm (242°) 9:32:29 −1:13 5:41 am 6:25 pm 6:13 am 5:53 pm 6:47 am 5:19 pm 12:03 pm (28.2°) 91.655
3 7:18 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:31:18 −1:10 5:42 am 6:25 pm 6:14 am 5:53 pm 6:48 am 5:19 pm 12:04 pm (28.0°) 91.641
4 7:19 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:30:11 −1:07 5:42 am 6:25 pm 6:15 am 5:53 pm 6:49 am 5:19 pm 12:04 pm (27.9°) 91.628
5 7:20 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:29:07 −1:04 5:43 am 6:25 pm 6:16 am 5:53 pm 6:50 am 5:19 pm 12:04 pm (27.8°) 91.614
6 7:21 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:28:06 −1:00 5:44 am 6:25 pm 6:17 am 5:53 pm 6:50 am 5:19 pm 12:05 pm (27.6°) 91.601
7 7:22 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:27:08 −0:57 5:45 am 6:25 pm 6:18 am 5:53 pm 6:51 am 5:19 pm 12:05 pm (27.5°) 91.589
8 7:22 am (119°) 4:49 pm (241°) 9:26:15 −0:53 5:46 am 6:26 pm 6:18 am 5:53 pm 6:52 am 5:19 pm 12:06 pm (27.4°) 91.576
9 7:23 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:25:24 −0:50 5:46 am 6:26 pm 6:19 am 5:53 pm 6:53 am 5:19 pm 12:06 pm (27.3°) 91.564
10 7:24 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:24:38 −0:46 5:47 am 6:26 pm 6:20 am 5:53 pm 6:54 am 5:19 pm 12:07 pm (27.2°) 91.553
11 7:25 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:23:55 −0:43 5:48 am 6:26 pm 6:21 am 5:53 pm 6:55 am 5:19 pm 12:07 pm (27.1°) 91.541
12 7:26 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:23:15 −0:39 5:49 am 6:26 pm 6:21 am 5:53 pm 6:55 am 5:19 pm 12:07 pm (27.0°) 91.530
13 7:27 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:22:40 −0:35 5:49 am 6:26 pm 6:22 am 5:54 pm 6:56 am 5:20 pm 12:08 pm (27.0°) 91.519
14 7:27 am (120°) 4:49 pm (240°) 9:22:08 −0:31 5:50 am 6:27 pm 6:23 am 5:54 pm 6:57 am 5:20 pm 12:08 pm (26.9°) 91.509
15 7:28 am (120°) 4:50 pm (240°) 9:21:40 −0:27 5:51 am 6:27 pm 6:24 am 5:54 pm 6:58 am 5:20 pm 12:09 pm (26.9°) 91.499
16 7:29 am (120°) 4:50 pm (240°) 9:21:16 −0:24 5:51 am 6:27 pm 6:24 am 5:54 pm 6:58 am 5:20 pm 12:09 pm (26.8°) 91.489
17 7:29 am (120°) 4:50 pm (240°) 9:20:56 −0:20 5:52 am 6:28 pm 6:25 am 5:55 pm 6:59 am 5:21 pm 12:10 pm (26.8°) 91.480
18 7:30 am (120°) 4:51 pm (240°) 9:20:39 −0:16 5:53 am 6:28 pm 6:25 am 5:55 pm 6:59 am 5:21 pm 12:10 pm (26.7°) 91.471
19 7:31 am (120°) 4:51 pm (240°) 9:20:27 −0:12 5:53 am 6:29 pm 6:26 am 5:56 pm 7:00 am 5:22 pm 12:11 pm (26.7°) 91.463
20 7:31 am (120°) 4:51 pm (240°) 9:20:18 −0:08 5:54 am 6:29 pm 6:27 am 5:56 pm 7:01 am 5:22 pm 12:11 pm (26.7°) 91.455
21 7:32 am (120°) 4:52 pm (240°) 9:20:13 −0:04 5:54 am 6:29 pm 6:27 am 5:57 pm 7:01 am 5:22 pm 12:12 pm (26.7°) 91.448
22 7:32 am (120°) 4:52 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°) 91.442
23 7:33 am (120°) 4:53 pm (240°) 9:20:16 +0:03 5:55 am 6:31 pm 6:28 am 5:58 pm 7:02 am 5:23 pm 12:13 pm (26.7°) 91.435
24 7:33 am (120°) 4:54 pm (240°) 9:20:23 +0:07 5:56 am 6:31 pm 6:29 am 5:58 pm 7:03 am 5:24 pm 12:13 pm (26.7°) 91.430
25 7:34 am (120°) 4:54 pm (240°) 9:20:34 +0:11 5:56 am 6:32 pm 6:29 am 5:59 pm 7:03 am 5:25 pm 12:14 pm (26.7°) 91.425
26 7:34 am (120°) 4:55 pm (240°) 9:20:49 +0:14 5:56 am 6:32 pm 6:29 am 5:59 pm 7:03 am 5:25 pm 12:14 pm (26.7°) 91.421
27 7:34 am (120°) 4:55 pm (240°) 9:21:08 +0:18 5:57 am 6:33 pm 6:30 am 6:00 pm 7:04 am 5:26 pm 12:15 pm (26.8°) 91.417
28 7:35 am (120°) 4:56 pm (240°) 9:21:31 +0:22 5:57 am 6:33 pm 6:30 am 6:01 pm 7:04 am 5:27 pm 12:15 pm (26.8°) 91.414
29 7:35 am (120°) 4:57 pm (240°) 9:21:57 +0:26 5:58 am 6:34 pm 6:30 am 6:01 pm 7:04 am 5:27 pm 12:16 pm (26.9°) 91.412
30 7:35 am (120°) 4:58 pm (240°) 9:22:28 +0:30 5:58 am 6:35 pm 6:31 am 6:02 pm 7:05 am 5:28 pm 12:16 pm (26.9°) 91.410
31 7:35 am (120°) 4:58 pm (240°) 9:23:02 +0:34 5:58 am 6:36 pm 6:31 am 6:03 pm 7:05 am 5:29 pm 12:17 pm (27.0°) 91.408
* 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 4:50 am on Tuesday, December 22, 2026. 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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