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Madrid, Madrid, Spain — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2026

Daylight

7:58 am – 5:59 pm
10 hours, 1 minute

Current Time: Nov 13, 2026 at 4:21:46 pm
Sun Direction: ↑ 230° Southwest
Sun Altitude: 15.0°
Sun Distance: 91.991 million mi
Next Solstice: Dec 21, 2026 9:50 pm (Winter)
Sunrise Today: 7:58 am↑ 113° Southeast
Sunset Today: 5:59 pm↑ 247° West

2026 Sun Graph for Madrid

December 2026 — Sun in Madrid

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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 8:18 am ↑ (118°) 5:48 pm ↑ (242°) 9:30:29 −1:17 6:41 am 7:25 pm 7:14 am 6:52 pm 7:48 am 6:19 pm 1:03 pm (27.8°) 91.665
2 8:19 am ↑ (119°) 5:48 pm ↑ (241°) 9:29:15 −1:14 6:42 am 7:25 pm 7:15 am 6:52 pm 7:49 am 6:18 pm 1:04 pm (27.6°) 91.650
3 8:20 am ↑ (119°) 5:48 pm ↑ (241°) 9:28:03 −1:11 6:43 am 7:25 pm 7:16 am 6:52 pm 7:50 am 6:18 pm 1:04 pm (27.5°) 91.637
4 8:21 am ↑ (119°) 5:48 pm ↑ (241°) 9:26:56 −1:07 6:44 am 7:25 pm 7:17 am 6:52 pm 7:51 am 6:18 pm 1:05 pm (27.3°) 91.623
5 8:22 am ↑ (119°) 5:48 pm ↑ (241°) 9:25:51 −1:04 6:45 am 7:25 pm 7:17 am 6:52 pm 7:51 am 6:18 pm 1:05 pm (27.2°) 91.610
6 8:23 am ↑ (119°) 5:48 pm ↑ (241°) 9:24:51 −1:00 6:45 am 7:25 pm 7:18 am 6:52 pm 7:52 am 6:18 pm 1:05 pm (27.1°) 91.597
7 8:24 am ↑ (120°) 5:48 pm ↑ (240°) 9:23:53 −0:57 6:46 am 7:25 pm 7:19 am 6:52 pm 7:53 am 6:18 pm 1:06 pm (27.0°) 91.585
8 8:25 am ↑ (120°) 5:48 pm ↑ (240°) 9:23:00 −0:53 6:47 am 7:25 pm 7:20 am 6:52 pm 7:54 am 6:18 pm 1:06 pm (26.9°) 91.572
9 8:25 am ↑ (120°) 5:48 pm ↑ (240°) 9:22:09 −0:50 6:48 am 7:25 pm 7:21 am 6:52 pm 7:55 am 6:18 pm 1:07 pm (26.8°) 91.560
10 8:26 am ↑ (120°) 5:48 pm ↑ (240°) 9:21:23 −0:46 6:48 am 7:26 pm 7:22 am 6:52 pm 7:56 am 6:18 pm 1:07 pm (26.7°) 91.549
11 8:27 am ↑ (120°) 5:48 pm ↑ (240°) 9:20:40 −0:42 6:49 am 7:26 pm 7:22 am 6:53 pm 7:56 am 6:18 pm 1:08 pm (26.6°) 91.537
12 8:28 am ↑ (120°) 5:48 pm ↑ (240°) 9:20:02 −0:38 6:50 am 7:26 pm 7:23 am 6:53 pm 7:57 am 6:19 pm 1:08 pm (26.5°) 91.526
13 8:29 am ↑ (120°) 5:48 pm ↑ (240°) 9:19:27 −0:35 6:51 am 7:26 pm 7:24 am 6:53 pm 7:58 am 6:19 pm 1:08 pm (26.5°) 91.516
14 8:29 am ↑ (120°) 5:48 pm ↑ (240°) 9:18:55 −0:31 6:51 am 7:27 pm 7:24 am 6:53 pm 7:59 am 6:19 pm 1:09 pm (26.4°) 91.506
15 8:30 am ↑ (120°) 5:49 pm ↑ (240°) 9:18:28 −0:27 6:52 am 7:27 pm 7:25 am 6:54 pm 7:59 am 6:19 pm 1:09 pm (26.3°) 91.496
16 8:31 am ↑ (120°) 5:49 pm ↑ (239°) 9:18:05 −0:23 6:53 am 7:27 pm 7:26 am 6:54 pm 8:00 am 6:20 pm 1:10 pm (26.3°) 91.486
17 8:32 am ↑ (121°) 5:49 pm ↑ (239°) 9:17:45 −0:19 6:53 am 7:28 pm 7:26 am 6:54 pm 8:01 am 6:20 pm 1:10 pm (26.3°) 91.477
18 8:32 am ↑ (121°) 5:50 pm ↑ (239°) 9:17:30 −0:15 6:54 am 7:28 pm 7:27 am 6:55 pm 8:01 am 6:20 pm 1:11 pm (26.2°) 91.469
19 8:33 am ↑ (121°) 5:50 pm ↑ (239°) 9:17:19 −0:11 6:54 am 7:28 pm 7:28 am 6:55 pm 8:02 am 6:21 pm 1:11 pm (26.2°) 91.461
20 8:33 am ↑ (121°) 5:50 pm ↑ (239°) 9:17:11 −0:07 6:55 am 7:29 pm 7:28 am 6:56 pm 8:02 am 6:21 pm 1:12 pm (26.2°) 91.453
21 8:34 am ↑ (121°) 5:51 pm ↑ (239°) 9:17:08 −0:03 6:55 am 7:29 pm 7:29 am 6:56 pm 8:03 am 6:22 pm 1:12 pm (26.2°) 91.446
22 8:34 am ↑ (121°) 5:51 pm ↑ (239°) 9:17:08 < 1s 6:56 am 7:30 pm 7:29 am 6:57 pm 8:04 am 6:22 pm 1:13 pm (26.2°) 91.439
23 8:35 am ↑ (121°) 5:52 pm ↑ (239°) 9:17:13 +0:04 6:56 am 7:30 pm 7:30 am 6:57 pm 8:04 am 6:23 pm 1:13 pm (26.2°) 91.434
24 8:35 am ↑ (121°) 5:53 pm ↑ (239°) 9:17:22 +0:08 6:57 am 7:31 pm 7:30 am 6:58 pm 8:04 am 6:23 pm 1:14 pm (26.2°) 91.428
25 8:36 am ↑ (121°) 5:53 pm ↑ (239°) 9:17:34 +0:12 6:57 am 7:31 pm 7:31 am 6:58 pm 8:05 am 6:24 pm 1:14 pm (26.2°) 91.424
26 8:36 am ↑ (121°) 5:54 pm ↑ (239°) 9:17:51 +0:16 6:58 am 7:32 pm 7:31 am 6:59 pm 8:05 am 6:25 pm 1:15 pm (26.3°) 91.420
27 8:36 am ↑ (121°) 5:54 pm ↑ (240°) 9:18:11 +0:20 6:58 am 7:33 pm 7:31 am 7:00 pm 8:06 am 6:25 pm 1:15 pm (26.3°) 91.416
28 8:37 am ↑ (120°) 5:55 pm ↑ (240°) 9:18:36 +0:24 6:58 am 7:33 pm 7:32 am 7:00 pm 8:06 am 6:26 pm 1:16 pm (26.4°) 91.413
29 8:37 am ↑ (120°) 5:56 pm ↑ (240°) 9:19:04 +0:28 6:59 am 7:34 pm 7:32 am 7:01 pm 8:06 am 6:27 pm 1:16 pm (26.4°) 91.411
30 8:37 am ↑ (120°) 5:57 pm ↑ (240°) 9:19:37 +0:32 6:59 am 7:35 pm 7:32 am 7:02 pm 8:06 am 6:27 pm 1:17 pm (26.5°) 91.409
31 8:37 am ↑ (120°) 5:57 pm ↑ (240°) 9:20:13 +0:36 6:59 am 7:35 pm 7:32 am 7:02 pm 8:07 am 6:28 pm 1:17 pm (26.5°) 91.408
* All times are local time for Madrid. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Madrid is at 9:50 pm on Monday, December 21, 2026. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 47 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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