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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2025

Daylight

5:37 am – 6:02 pm
12 hours, 25 minutes

Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 5:24:06 pm
Sun Direction: 272° West
Sun Altitude: 7.9°
Sun Distance: 150.624 million km
Next Equinox: Sep 22, 2025 9:19 pm (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 5:37 am 84° East
Sunset Today: 6:02 pm 276° West

2025 Sun Graph for Riyadh

December 2025 — Sun in Riyadh

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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 6:20 am (114°) 5:03 pm (246°) 10:43:24 −0:39 5:00 am 6:24 pm 5:27 am 5:56 pm 5:55 am 5:28 pm 11:42 am (43.5°) 147.515
2 6:21 am (114°) 5:03 pm (246°) 10:42:46 −0:37 5:00 am 6:24 pm 5:28 am 5:56 pm 5:56 am 5:28 pm 11:42 am (43.4°) 147.491
3 6:21 am (114°) 5:03 pm (246°) 10:42:10 −0:36 5:01 am 6:24 pm 5:28 am 5:56 pm 5:57 am 5:28 pm 11:42 am (43.2°) 147.467
4 6:22 am (114°) 5:04 pm (246°) 10:41:35 −0:34 5:01 am 6:24 pm 5:29 am 5:56 pm 5:57 am 5:28 pm 11:43 am (43.1°) 147.444
5 6:23 am (114°) 5:04 pm (246°) 10:41:02 −0:32 5:02 am 6:24 pm 5:30 am 5:57 pm 5:58 am 5:28 pm 11:43 am (43.0°) 147.423
6 6:23 am (114°) 5:04 pm (245°) 10:40:32 −0:30 5:03 am 6:25 pm 5:30 am 5:57 pm 5:59 am 5:29 pm 11:44 am (42.8°) 147.402
7 6:24 am (115°) 5:04 pm (245°) 10:40:02 −0:29 5:03 am 6:25 pm 5:31 am 5:57 pm 5:59 am 5:29 pm 11:44 am (42.7°) 147.382
8 6:25 am (115°) 5:04 pm (245°) 10:39:35 −0:27 5:04 am 6:25 pm 5:32 am 5:57 pm 6:00 am 5:29 pm 11:45 am (42.6°) 147.362
9 6:25 am (115°) 5:05 pm (245°) 10:39:10 −0:25 5:04 am 6:26 pm 5:32 am 5:58 pm 6:01 am 5:29 pm 11:45 am (42.5°) 147.344
10 6:26 am (115°) 5:05 pm (245°) 10:38:46 −0:23 5:05 am 6:26 pm 5:33 am 5:58 pm 6:01 am 5:30 pm 11:45 am (42.4°) 147.327
11 6:27 am (115°) 5:05 pm (245°) 10:38:25 −0:21 5:06 am 6:26 pm 5:33 am 5:58 pm 6:02 am 5:30 pm 11:46 am (42.4°) 147.310
12 6:27 am (115°) 5:05 pm (245°) 10:38:05 −0:19 5:06 am 6:27 pm 5:34 am 5:59 pm 6:02 am 5:30 pm 11:46 am (42.3°) 147.294
13 6:28 am (115°) 5:06 pm (245°) 10:37:48 −0:17 5:07 am 6:27 pm 5:35 am 5:59 pm 6:03 am 5:31 pm 11:47 am (42.2°) 147.278
14 6:29 am (115°) 5:06 pm (245°) 10:37:32 −0:15 5:07 am 6:27 pm 5:35 am 5:59 pm 6:04 am 5:31 pm 11:47 am (42.2°) 147.264
15 6:29 am (115°) 5:06 pm (245°) 10:37:18 −0:13 5:08 am 6:28 pm 5:36 am 6:00 pm 6:04 am 5:31 pm 11:48 am (42.1°) 147.250
16 6:30 am (115°) 5:07 pm (245°) 10:37:07 −0:11 5:08 am 6:28 pm 5:36 am 6:00 pm 6:05 am 5:32 pm 11:48 am (42.1°) 147.236
17 6:30 am (115°) 5:07 pm (245°) 10:36:57 −0:09 5:09 am 6:29 pm 5:37 am 6:01 pm 6:05 am 5:32 pm 11:49 am (42.0°) 147.223
18 6:31 am (115°) 5:08 pm (245°) 10:36:49 −0:07 5:10 am 6:29 pm 5:37 am 6:01 pm 6:06 am 5:33 pm 11:49 am (42.0°) 147.211
19 6:31 am (116°) 5:08 pm (244°) 10:36:44 −0:05 5:10 am 6:29 pm 5:38 am 6:01 pm 6:06 am 5:33 pm 11:50 am (42.0°) 147.199
20 6:32 am (116°) 5:09 pm (244°) 10:36:40 −0:03 5:11 am 6:30 pm 5:39 am 6:02 pm 6:07 am 5:34 pm 11:50 am (42.0°) 147.188
21 6:32 am (116°) 5:09 pm (244°) 10:36:39 −0:01 5:11 am 6:30 pm 5:39 am 6:02 pm 6:07 am 5:34 pm 11:51 am (41.9°) 147.177
22 6:33 am (116°) 5:10 pm (244°) 10:36:39 < 1s 5:12 am 6:31 pm 5:40 am 6:03 pm 6:08 am 5:35 pm 11:51 am (41.9°) 147.167
23 6:33 am (116°) 5:10 pm (244°) 10:36:42 +0:02 5:12 am 6:31 pm 5:40 am 6:03 pm 6:08 am 5:35 pm 11:52 am (42.0°) 147.158
24 6:34 am (115°) 5:11 pm (245°) 10:36:46 +0:04 5:13 am 6:32 pm 5:41 am 6:04 pm 6:09 am 5:36 pm 11:52 am (42.0°) 147.149
25 6:34 am (115°) 5:11 pm (245°) 10:36:53 +0:06 5:13 am 6:33 pm 5:41 am 6:05 pm 6:09 am 5:36 pm 11:53 am (42.0°) 147.140
26 6:35 am (115°) 5:12 pm (245°) 10:37:02 +0:08 5:13 am 6:33 pm 5:41 am 6:05 pm 6:10 am 5:37 pm 11:53 am (42.0°) 147.133
27 6:35 am (115°) 5:12 pm (245°) 10:37:12 +0:10 5:14 am 6:34 pm 5:42 am 6:06 pm 6:10 am 5:37 pm 11:54 am (42.1°) 147.126
28 6:36 am (115°) 5:13 pm (245°) 10:37:25 +0:12 5:14 am 6:34 pm 5:42 am 6:06 pm 6:11 am 5:38 pm 11:54 am (42.1°) 147.119
29 6:36 am (115°) 5:14 pm (245°) 10:37:40 +0:14 5:15 am 6:35 pm 5:43 am 6:07 pm 6:11 am 5:38 pm 11:55 am (42.2°) 147.114
30 6:36 am (115°) 5:14 pm (245°) 10:37:57 +0:16 5:15 am 6:35 pm 5:43 am 6:07 pm 6:11 am 5:39 pm 11:55 am (42.2°) 147.109
31 6:37 am (115°) 5:15 pm (245°) 10:38:15 +0:18 5:15 am 6:36 pm 5:43 am 6:08 pm 6:12 am 5:40 pm 11:56 am (42.3°) 147.105
* All times are local time for Riyadh. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Riyadh is at 6:03 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 3 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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