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Pietermaritzburg, South Africa — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

6:04 am – 6:04 pm
12 hours, 1 minute

Current Time: Mar 24, 2026 at 12:58:27 pm
Sun Direction: 335° North
Sun Altitude: 56.4°
Sun Distance: 92.675 million mi
Next Solstice: Jun 21, 2026 10:24 am (Winter)
Sunrise Today: 6:04 am 89° East
Sunset Today: 6:04 pm 271° West

2026 Sun Graph for Pietermaritzburg

December 2026 — Sun in Pietermaritzburg

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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 4:50 am (116°) 6:44 pm (244°) 13:53:56 +0:52 3:17 am 8:18 pm 3:51 am 7:43 pm 4:23 am 7:11 pm 11:47 am (82.2°) 91.666
2 4:50 am (116°) 6:45 pm (244°) 13:54:47 +0:50 3:16 am 8:19 pm 3:51 am 7:44 pm 4:23 am 7:12 pm 11:47 am (82.4°) 91.652
3 4:50 am (116°) 6:46 pm (244°) 13:55:35 +0:48 3:16 am 8:20 pm 3:51 am 7:45 pm 4:23 am 7:13 pm 11:48 am (82.5°) 91.638
4 4:50 am (116°) 6:46 pm (244°) 13:56:20 +0:45 3:16 am 8:21 pm 3:51 am 7:46 pm 4:23 am 7:13 pm 11:48 am (82.7°) 91.624
5 4:50 am (116°) 6:47 pm (243°) 13:57:04 +0:43 3:16 am 8:22 pm 3:51 am 7:47 pm 4:23 am 7:14 pm 11:49 am (82.8°) 91.611
6 4:50 am (117°) 6:48 pm (243°) 13:57:45 +0:41 3:16 am 8:23 pm 3:50 am 7:48 pm 4:23 am 7:15 pm 11:49 am (82.9°) 91.598
7 4:50 am (117°) 6:49 pm (243°) 13:58:24 +0:38 3:16 am 8:23 pm 3:50 am 7:49 pm 4:23 am 7:16 pm 11:49 am (83.0°) 91.586
8 4:50 am (117°) 6:49 pm (243°) 13:59:00 +0:36 3:16 am 8:24 pm 3:51 am 7:49 pm 4:23 am 7:17 pm 11:50 am (83.1°) 91.573
9 4:51 am (117°) 6:50 pm (243°) 13:59:34 +0:33 3:16 am 8:25 pm 3:51 am 7:50 pm 4:23 am 7:17 pm 11:50 am (83.2°) 91.561
10 4:51 am (117°) 6:51 pm (243°) 14:00:05 +0:31 3:16 am 8:26 pm 3:51 am 7:51 pm 4:24 am 7:18 pm 11:51 am (83.3°) 91.550
11 4:51 am (117°) 6:52 pm (243°) 14:00:34 +0:28 3:16 am 8:27 pm 3:51 am 7:52 pm 4:24 am 7:19 pm 11:51 am (83.4°) 91.539
12 4:51 am (117°) 6:52 pm (243°) 14:01:00 +0:26 3:16 am 8:28 pm 3:51 am 7:52 pm 4:24 am 7:19 pm 11:52 am (83.5°) 91.528
13 4:51 am (117°) 6:53 pm (243°) 14:01:24 +0:23 3:16 am 8:28 pm 3:51 am 7:53 pm 4:24 am 7:20 pm 11:52 am (83.6°) 91.517
14 4:52 am (117°) 6:54 pm (242°) 14:01:45 +0:21 3:16 am 8:29 pm 3:51 am 7:54 pm 4:25 am 7:21 pm 11:53 am (83.6°) 91.507
15 4:52 am (118°) 6:54 pm (242°) 14:02:04 +0:18 3:16 am 8:30 pm 3:52 am 7:55 pm 4:25 am 7:21 pm 11:53 am (83.7°) 91.497
16 4:52 am (118°) 6:55 pm (242°) 14:02:20 +0:15 3:17 am 8:31 pm 3:52 am 7:55 pm 4:25 am 7:22 pm 11:54 am (83.7°) 91.487
17 4:53 am (118°) 6:55 pm (242°) 14:02:33 +0:13 3:17 am 8:31 pm 3:52 am 7:56 pm 4:26 am 7:23 pm 11:54 am (83.8°) 91.478
18 4:53 am (118°) 6:56 pm (242°) 14:02:44 +0:10 3:17 am 8:32 pm 3:53 am 7:56 pm 4:26 am 7:23 pm 11:55 am (83.8°) 91.469
19 4:54 am (118°) 6:56 pm (242°) 14:02:51 +0:07 3:18 am 8:32 pm 3:53 am 7:57 pm 4:26 am 7:24 pm 11:55 am (83.8°) 91.461
20 4:54 am (118°) 6:57 pm (242°) 14:02:57 +0:05 3:18 am 8:33 pm 3:54 am 7:57 pm 4:27 am 7:24 pm 11:56 am (83.8°) 91.454
21 4:55 am (118°) 6:58 pm (242°) 14:02:59 +0:02 3:19 am 8:33 pm 3:54 am 7:58 pm 4:27 am 7:25 pm 11:56 am (83.8°) 91.447
22 4:55 am (118°) 6:58 pm (242°) 14:02:59 < 1s 3:19 am 8:34 pm 3:55 am 7:58 pm 4:28 am 7:25 pm 11:57 am (83.8°) 91.440
23 4:56 am (118°) 6:58 pm (242°) 14:02:56 −0:02 3:20 am 8:34 pm 3:55 am 7:59 pm 4:28 am 7:26 pm 11:57 am (83.8°) 91.434
24 4:56 am (118°) 6:59 pm (242°) 14:02:51 −0:05 3:20 am 8:35 pm 3:56 am 7:59 pm 4:29 am 7:26 pm 11:58 am (83.8°) 91.429
25 4:57 am (118°) 6:59 pm (242°) 14:02:43 −0:08 3:21 am 8:35 pm 3:56 am 8:00 pm 4:29 am 7:27 pm 11:58 am (83.8°) 91.424
26 4:57 am (118°) 7:00 pm (242°) 14:02:32 −0:10 3:21 am 8:36 pm 3:57 am 8:00 pm 4:30 am 7:27 pm 11:58 am (83.8°) 91.420
27 4:58 am (118°) 7:00 pm (242°) 14:02:19 −0:13 3:22 am 8:36 pm 3:57 am 8:00 pm 4:31 am 7:27 pm 11:59 am (83.7°) 91.417
28 4:58 am (118°) 7:00 pm (242°) 14:02:02 −0:16 3:23 am 8:36 pm 3:58 am 8:01 pm 4:31 am 7:28 pm 11:59 am (83.7°) 91.414
29 4:59 am (118°) 7:01 pm (243°) 14:01:44 −0:18 3:23 am 8:36 pm 3:59 am 8:01 pm 4:32 am 7:28 pm 12:00 pm (83.6°) 91.411
30 5:00 am (117°) 7:01 pm (243°) 14:01:22 −0:21 3:24 am 8:37 pm 3:59 am 8:01 pm 4:32 am 7:28 pm 12:00 pm (83.6°) 91.409
31 5:00 am (117°) 7:01 pm (243°) 14:00:58 −0:23 3:25 am 8:37 pm 4:00 am 8:01 pm 4:33 am 7:29 pm 12:01 pm (83.5°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Pietermaritzburg. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (summer solstice) in Pietermaritzburg is at 10:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 3 hours, 48 minutes longer than the June solstice. In locations south of the equator, the longest day of the year is around this date.

The earliest sunrise is on December 3.

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