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

Daylight

6:47 am – 4:54 pm
10 hours, 7 minutes

Current Time: Dec 19, 2025 at 3:39:01 pm
Sun Direction: 232° Southwest
Sun Altitude: 12.9°
Sun Distance: 147.199 million km
Next Solstice: Dec 21, 2025 11:03 pm (Winter)
Sunrise Today: 6:47 am 117° Southeast
Sunset Today: 4:54 pm 243° Southwest

2025 Sun Graph for Shanghai

December 2025 — Sun in Shanghai

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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 6:34 am (115°) 4:51 pm (245°) 10:16:22 −0:53 5:09 am 6:16 pm 5:38 am 5:47 pm 6:08 am 5:17 pm 11:43 am (37.0°) 147.520
2 6:35 am (115°) 4:51 pm (245°) 10:15:31 −0:51 5:09 am 6:16 pm 5:39 am 5:47 pm 6:09 am 5:17 pm 11:43 am (36.8°) 147.496
3 6:36 am (116°) 4:51 pm (244°) 10:14:42 −0:49 5:10 am 6:16 pm 5:39 am 5:47 pm 6:09 am 5:17 pm 11:43 am (36.7°) 147.472
4 6:37 am (116°) 4:51 pm (244°) 10:13:55 −0:46 5:11 am 6:16 pm 5:40 am 5:47 pm 6:10 am 5:17 pm 11:44 am (36.5°) 147.449
5 6:37 am (116°) 4:51 pm (244°) 10:13:10 −0:44 5:11 am 6:17 pm 5:41 am 5:47 pm 6:11 am 5:17 pm 11:44 am (36.4°) 147.427
6 6:38 am (116°) 4:51 pm (244°) 10:12:28 −0:42 5:12 am 6:17 pm 5:42 am 5:47 pm 6:12 am 5:17 pm 11:45 am (36.3°) 147.406
7 6:39 am (116°) 4:51 pm (244°) 10:11:49 −0:39 5:13 am 6:17 pm 5:42 am 5:47 pm 6:12 am 5:17 pm 11:45 am (36.2°) 147.386
8 6:40 am (116°) 4:51 pm (244°) 10:11:12 −0:37 5:14 am 6:17 pm 5:43 am 5:48 pm 6:13 am 5:17 pm 11:45 am (36.1°) 147.366
9 6:40 am (116°) 4:51 pm (244°) 10:10:37 −0:34 5:14 am 6:17 pm 5:44 am 5:48 pm 6:14 am 5:18 pm 11:46 am (36.0°) 147.348
10 6:41 am (117°) 4:51 pm (243°) 10:10:05 −0:32 5:15 am 6:18 pm 5:44 am 5:48 pm 6:15 am 5:18 pm 11:46 am (35.9°) 147.330
11 6:42 am (117°) 4:51 pm (243°) 10:09:35 −0:29 5:15 am 6:18 pm 5:45 am 5:48 pm 6:15 am 5:18 pm 11:47 am (35.8°) 147.313
12 6:43 am (117°) 4:52 pm (243°) 10:09:08 −0:26 5:16 am 6:18 pm 5:46 am 5:49 pm 6:16 am 5:18 pm 11:47 am (35.7°) 147.297
13 6:43 am (117°) 4:52 pm (243°) 10:08:44 −0:24 5:17 am 6:18 pm 5:46 am 5:49 pm 6:17 am 5:19 pm 11:48 am (35.6°) 147.282
14 6:44 am (117°) 4:52 pm (243°) 10:08:22 −0:21 5:17 am 6:19 pm 5:47 am 5:49 pm 6:17 am 5:19 pm 11:48 am (35.6°) 147.267
15 6:45 am (117°) 4:53 pm (243°) 10:08:03 −0:18 5:18 am 6:19 pm 5:48 am 5:50 pm 6:18 am 5:19 pm 11:49 am (35.5°) 147.253
16 6:45 am (117°) 4:53 pm (243°) 10:07:47 −0:16 5:19 am 6:20 pm 5:48 am 5:50 pm 6:18 am 5:20 pm 11:49 am (35.5°) 147.239
17 6:46 am (117°) 4:53 pm (243°) 10:07:33 −0:13 5:19 am 6:20 pm 5:49 am 5:50 pm 6:19 am 5:20 pm 11:50 am (35.4°) 147.226
18 6:46 am (117°) 4:54 pm (243°) 10:07:23 −0:10 5:20 am 6:20 pm 5:49 am 5:51 pm 6:20 am 5:20 pm 11:50 am (35.4°) 147.213
19 6:47 am (117°) 4:54 pm (243°) 10:07:14 −0:08 5:20 am 6:21 pm 5:50 am 5:51 pm 6:20 am 5:21 pm 11:51 am (35.4°) 147.202
20 6:47 am (117°) 4:55 pm (243°) 10:07:09 −0:05 5:21 am 6:21 pm 5:50 am 5:52 pm 6:21 am 5:21 pm 11:51 am (35.4°) 147.190
21 6:48 am (117°) 4:55 pm (243°) 10:07:06 −0:02 5:21 am 6:22 pm 5:51 am 5:52 pm 6:21 am 5:22 pm 11:52 am (35.4°) 147.179
22 6:49 am (117°) 4:56 pm (243°) 10:07:07 < 1s 5:22 am 6:22 pm 5:51 am 5:53 pm 6:22 am 5:22 pm 11:52 am (35.4°) 147.169
23 6:49 am (117°) 4:56 pm (243°) 10:07:09 +0:02 5:22 am 6:23 pm 5:52 am 5:53 pm 6:22 am 5:23 pm 11:53 am (35.4°) 147.159
24 6:49 am (117°) 4:57 pm (243°) 10:07:15 +0:05 5:23 am 6:23 pm 5:52 am 5:54 pm 6:23 am 5:23 pm 11:53 am (35.4°) 147.150
25 6:50 am (117°) 4:57 pm (243°) 10:07:23 +0:08 5:23 am 6:24 pm 5:53 am 5:54 pm 6:23 am 5:24 pm 11:54 am (35.4°) 147.142
26 6:50 am (117°) 4:58 pm (243°) 10:07:35 +0:11 5:24 am 6:24 pm 5:53 am 5:55 pm 6:24 am 5:25 pm 11:54 am (35.4°) 147.134
27 6:51 am (117°) 4:58 pm (243°) 10:07:48 +0:13 5:24 am 6:25 pm 5:54 am 5:55 pm 6:24 am 5:25 pm 11:55 am (35.5°) 147.127
28 6:51 am (117°) 4:59 pm (243°) 10:08:05 +0:16 5:24 am 6:26 pm 5:54 am 5:56 pm 6:24 am 5:26 pm 11:55 am (35.5°) 147.121
29 6:51 am (117°) 5:00 pm (243°) 10:08:24 +0:19 5:25 am 6:26 pm 5:54 am 5:57 pm 6:25 am 5:26 pm 11:56 am (35.6°) 147.115
30 6:52 am (117°) 5:00 pm (243°) 10:08:46 +0:21 5:25 am 6:27 pm 5:55 am 5:57 pm 6:25 am 5:27 pm 11:56 am (35.6°) 147.110
31 6:52 am (117°) 5:01 pm (243°) 10:09:11 +0:24 5:25 am 6:28 pm 5:55 am 5:58 pm 6:25 am 5:28 pm 11:56 am (35.7°) 147.106
* All times are local time for Shanghai. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Today is highlighted.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Shanghai is at 11:03 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 4 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 3.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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