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Athens, Greece — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

7:26 am – 5:51 pm
10 hours, 25 minutes

Current Time: Feb 4, 2026 at 9:27:44 am
Sun Direction: 131° Southeast
Sun Altitude: 19.7°
Sun Distance: 91.634 million mi
Next Equinox: Mar 20, 2026 4:46 pm (Vernal)
Sunrise Today: 7:26 am 110° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:51 pm 250° West

2026 Sun Graph for Athens

December 2026 — Sun in Athens

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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 7:21 am (117°) 5:05 pm (243°) 9:43:55 −1:10 5:48 am 6:39 pm 6:20 am 6:07 pm 6:53 am 5:34 pm 12:14 pm (30.2°) 91.666
2 7:22 am (118°) 5:05 pm (242°) 9:42:47 −1:07 5:49 am 6:39 pm 6:21 am 6:07 pm 6:53 am 5:34 pm 12:14 pm (30.1°) 91.651
3 7:23 am (118°) 5:05 pm (242°) 9:41:43 −1:04 5:50 am 6:39 pm 6:22 am 6:07 pm 6:54 am 5:34 pm 12:14 pm (29.9°) 91.638
4 7:24 am (118°) 5:05 pm (242°) 9:40:41 −1:01 5:51 am 6:39 pm 6:22 am 6:07 pm 6:55 am 5:34 pm 12:15 pm (29.8°) 91.624
5 7:25 am (118°) 5:05 pm (242°) 9:39:42 −0:58 5:51 am 6:39 pm 6:23 am 6:07 pm 6:56 am 5:34 pm 12:15 pm (29.7°) 91.611
6 7:26 am (118°) 5:05 pm (242°) 9:38:47 −0:55 5:52 am 6:39 pm 6:24 am 6:07 pm 6:57 am 5:34 pm 12:16 pm (29.5°) 91.598
7 7:27 am (118°) 5:05 pm (241°) 9:37:55 −0:52 5:53 am 6:39 pm 6:25 am 6:07 pm 6:58 am 5:34 pm 12:16 pm (29.4°) 91.585
8 7:28 am (119°) 5:05 pm (241°) 9:37:06 −0:48 5:54 am 6:39 pm 6:26 am 6:07 pm 6:59 am 5:34 pm 12:16 pm (29.3°) 91.573
9 7:29 am (119°) 5:05 pm (241°) 9:36:20 −0:45 5:55 am 6:39 pm 6:26 am 6:07 pm 6:59 am 5:34 pm 12:17 pm (29.2°) 91.561
10 7:29 am (119°) 5:05 pm (241°) 9:35:38 −0:42 5:55 am 6:39 pm 6:27 am 6:07 pm 7:00 am 5:34 pm 12:17 pm (29.1°) 91.550
11 7:30 am (119°) 5:05 pm (241°) 9:34:59 −0:38 5:56 am 6:39 pm 6:28 am 6:08 pm 7:01 am 5:35 pm 12:18 pm (29.0°) 91.538
12 7:31 am (119°) 5:05 pm (241°) 9:34:24 −0:35 5:57 am 6:40 pm 6:29 am 6:08 pm 7:02 am 5:35 pm 12:18 pm (29.0°) 91.527
13 7:32 am (119°) 5:06 pm (241°) 9:33:52 −0:31 5:57 am 6:40 pm 6:29 am 6:08 pm 7:02 am 5:35 pm 12:19 pm (28.9°) 91.517
14 7:32 am (119°) 5:06 pm (241°) 9:33:23 −0:28 5:58 am 6:40 pm 6:30 am 6:08 pm 7:03 am 5:35 pm 12:19 pm (28.8°) 91.506
15 7:33 am (119°) 5:06 pm (241°) 9:32:58 −0:24 5:59 am 6:41 pm 6:31 am 6:09 pm 7:04 am 5:36 pm 12:20 pm (28.8°) 91.496
16 7:34 am (119°) 5:06 pm (241°) 9:32:37 −0:21 5:59 am 6:41 pm 6:31 am 6:09 pm 7:04 am 5:36 pm 12:20 pm (28.7°) 91.487
17 7:34 am (119°) 5:07 pm (241°) 9:32:19 −0:17 6:00 am 6:41 pm 6:32 am 6:09 pm 7:05 am 5:36 pm 12:21 pm (28.7°) 91.478
18 7:35 am (119°) 5:07 pm (240°) 9:32:05 −0:14 6:00 am 6:42 pm 6:33 am 6:10 pm 7:06 am 5:37 pm 12:21 pm (28.7°) 91.469
19 7:36 am (120°) 5:08 pm (240°) 9:31:54 −0:10 6:01 am 6:42 pm 6:33 am 6:10 pm 7:06 am 5:37 pm 12:22 pm (28.6°) 91.461
20 7:36 am (120°) 5:08 pm (240°) 9:31:47 −0:06 6:02 am 6:43 pm 6:34 am 6:11 pm 7:07 am 5:38 pm 12:22 pm (28.6°) 91.454
21 7:37 am (120°) 5:08 pm (240°) 9:31:44 −0:03 6:02 am 6:43 pm 6:34 am 6:11 pm 7:07 am 5:38 pm 12:23 pm (28.6°) 91.446
22 7:37 am (120°) 5:09 pm (240°) 9:31:44 < 1s 6:03 am 6:44 pm 6:35 am 6:12 pm 7:08 am 5:39 pm 12:23 pm (28.6°) 91.440
23 7:38 am (120°) 5:10 pm (240°) 9:31:48 +0:03 6:03 am 6:44 pm 6:35 am 6:12 pm 7:08 am 5:39 pm 12:24 pm (28.6°) 91.434
24 7:38 am (120°) 5:10 pm (240°) 9:31:55 +0:07 6:04 am 6:45 pm 6:36 am 6:13 pm 7:09 am 5:40 pm 12:24 pm (28.6°) 91.429
25 7:39 am (119°) 5:11 pm (241°) 9:32:07 +0:11 6:04 am 6:45 pm 6:36 am 6:13 pm 7:09 am 5:40 pm 12:25 pm (28.7°) 91.424
26 7:39 am (119°) 5:11 pm (241°) 9:32:21 +0:14 6:04 am 6:46 pm 6:36 am 6:14 pm 7:09 am 5:41 pm 12:25 pm (28.7°) 91.420
27 7:39 am (119°) 5:12 pm (241°) 9:32:40 +0:18 6:05 am 6:46 pm 6:37 am 6:14 pm 7:10 am 5:41 pm 12:26 pm (28.7°) 91.417
28 7:40 am (119°) 5:13 pm (241°) 9:33:02 +0:21 6:05 am 6:47 pm 6:37 am 6:15 pm 7:10 am 5:42 pm 12:26 pm (28.8°) 91.414
29 7:40 am (119°) 5:13 pm (241°) 9:33:27 +0:25 6:05 am 6:48 pm 6:37 am 6:16 pm 7:10 am 5:43 pm 12:27 pm (28.8°) 91.411
30 7:40 am (119°) 5:14 pm (241°) 9:33:56 +0:29 6:06 am 6:48 pm 6:38 am 6:16 pm 7:11 am 5:43 pm 12:27 pm (28.9°) 91.409
31 7:40 am (119°) 5:15 pm (241°) 9:34:29 +0:32 6:06 am 6:49 pm 6:38 am 6:17 pm 7:11 am 5:44 pm 12:28 pm (29.0°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Athens. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Athens is at 10:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 16 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 6 or December 7.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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