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London, England, United Kingdom — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2025

Daylight

8:02 am – 3:52 pm
7 hours, 50 minutes

Current Time: Dec 19, 2025 at 3:37:05 am
Sun Direction: 78° East
Sun Altitude: -39.8°
Sun Distance: 147.201 million km
Next Solstice: Dec 21, 2025 3:03 pm (Winter)
Sunrise Today: 8:02 am 128° Southeast
Sunset Today: 3:52 pm 232° Southwest

2025 Sun Graph for London

December 2025 — Sun in London

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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 7:44 am (125°) 3:54 pm (234°) 8:10:45 −2:02 5:42 am 5:56 pm 6:22 am 5:16 pm 7:05 am 4:33 pm 11:49 am (16.7°) 147.512
2 7:45 am (126°) 3:54 pm (234°) 8:08:47 −1:57 5:43 am 5:56 pm 6:23 am 5:15 pm 7:06 am 4:33 pm 11:50 am (16.5°) 147.487
3 7:46 am (126°) 3:53 pm (234°) 8:06:54 −1:52 5:44 am 5:55 pm 6:25 am 5:15 pm 7:07 am 4:32 pm 11:50 am (16.4°) 147.464
4 7:48 am (126°) 3:53 pm (234°) 8:05:07 −1:47 5:45 am 5:55 pm 6:26 am 5:15 pm 7:08 am 4:32 pm 11:50 am (16.2°) 147.441
5 7:49 am (126°) 3:52 pm (233°) 8:03:25 −1:41 5:46 am 5:55 pm 6:27 am 5:14 pm 7:09 am 4:32 pm 11:51 am (16.1°) 147.420
6 7:50 am (127°) 3:52 pm (233°) 8:01:48 −1:36 5:47 am 5:55 pm 6:28 am 5:14 pm 7:11 am 4:31 pm 11:51 am (16.0°) 147.399
7 7:51 am (127°) 3:52 pm (233°) 8:00:18 −1:30 5:48 am 5:54 pm 6:29 am 5:14 pm 7:12 am 4:31 pm 11:52 am (15.9°) 147.379
8 7:52 am (127°) 3:51 pm (233°) 7:58:52 −1:25 5:49 am 5:54 pm 6:30 am 5:14 pm 7:13 am 4:31 pm 11:52 am (15.8°) 147.360
9 7:54 am (127°) 3:51 pm (233°) 7:57:33 −1:19 5:50 am 5:54 pm 6:31 am 5:14 pm 7:14 am 4:31 pm 11:52 am (15.7°) 147.342
10 7:55 am (127°) 3:51 pm (233°) 7:56:19 −1:13 5:51 am 5:54 pm 6:32 am 5:14 pm 7:15 am 4:31 pm 11:53 am (15.6°) 147.324
11 7:56 am (128°) 3:51 pm (232°) 7:55:12 −1:07 5:52 am 5:54 pm 6:33 am 5:14 pm 7:16 am 4:31 pm 11:53 am (15.5°) 147.308
12 7:57 am (128°) 3:51 pm (232°) 7:54:10 −1:01 5:53 am 5:55 pm 6:34 am 5:14 pm 7:17 am 4:31 pm 11:54 am (15.4°) 147.292
13 7:58 am (128°) 3:51 pm (232°) 7:53:15 −0:55 5:54 am 5:55 pm 6:34 am 5:14 pm 7:17 am 4:31 pm 11:54 am (15.4°) 147.277
14 7:58 am (128°) 3:51 pm (232°) 7:52:26 −0:49 5:55 am 5:55 pm 6:35 am 5:14 pm 7:18 am 4:31 pm 11:55 am (15.3°) 147.262
15 7:59 am (128°) 3:51 pm (232°) 7:51:43 −0:42 5:55 am 5:55 pm 6:36 am 5:14 pm 7:19 am 4:31 pm 11:55 am (15.3°) 147.248
16 8:00 am (128°) 3:51 pm (232°) 7:51:06 −0:36 5:56 am 5:55 pm 6:37 am 5:15 pm 7:20 am 4:31 pm 11:56 am (15.2°) 147.234
17 8:01 am (128°) 3:51 pm (232°) 7:50:36 −0:30 5:57 am 5:56 pm 6:37 am 5:15 pm 7:21 am 4:32 pm 11:56 am (15.2°) 147.222
18 8:02 am (128°) 3:52 pm (232°) 7:50:13 −0:23 5:57 am 5:56 pm 6:38 am 5:15 pm 7:21 am 4:32 pm 11:57 am (15.1°) 147.209
19 8:02 am (128°) 3:52 pm (232°) 7:49:56 −0:17 5:58 am 5:56 pm 6:39 am 5:16 pm 7:22 am 4:32 pm 11:57 am (15.1°) 147.198
20 8:03 am (128°) 3:53 pm (232°) 7:49:45 −0:10 5:58 am 5:57 pm 6:39 am 5:16 pm 7:22 am 4:33 pm 11:58 am (15.1°) 147.186
21 8:03 am (128°) 3:53 pm (232°) 7:49:41 −0:04 5:59 am 5:57 pm 6:40 am 5:17 pm 7:23 am 4:33 pm 11:58 am (15.1°) 147.176
22 8:04 am (128°) 3:54 pm (232°) 7:49:44 +0:02 5:59 am 5:58 pm 6:40 am 5:17 pm 7:24 am 4:34 pm 11:59 am (15.1°) 147.166
23 8:04 am (128°) 3:54 pm (232°) 7:49:53 +0:09 6:00 am 5:58 pm 6:41 am 5:18 pm 7:24 am 4:34 pm 11:59 am (15.1°) 147.156
24 8:05 am (128°) 3:55 pm (232°) 7:50:08 +0:15 6:00 am 5:59 pm 6:41 am 5:18 pm 7:24 am 4:35 pm 12:00 pm (15.1°) 147.147
25 8:05 am (128°) 3:55 pm (232°) 7:50:30 +0:22 6:01 am 6:00 pm 6:42 am 5:19 pm 7:25 am 4:36 pm 12:00 pm (15.2°) 147.139
26 8:05 am (128°) 3:56 pm (232°) 7:50:59 +0:28 6:01 am 6:00 pm 6:42 am 5:20 pm 7:25 am 4:36 pm 12:01 pm (15.2°) 147.132
27 8:05 am (128°) 3:57 pm (232°) 7:51:34 +0:34 6:01 am 6:01 pm 6:42 am 5:20 pm 7:25 am 4:37 pm 12:01 pm (15.2°) 147.125
28 8:06 am (128°) 3:58 pm (232°) 7:52:15 +0:41 6:02 am 6:02 pm 6:42 am 5:21 pm 7:25 am 4:38 pm 12:02 pm (15.3°) 147.119
29 8:06 am (128°) 3:59 pm (232°) 7:53:03 +0:47 6:02 am 6:03 pm 6:43 am 5:22 pm 7:26 am 4:39 pm 12:02 pm (15.4°) 147.113
30 8:06 am (128°) 4:00 pm (232°) 7:53:57 +0:53 6:02 am 6:03 pm 6:43 am 5:23 pm 7:26 am 4:40 pm 12:03 pm (15.4°) 147.109
31 8:06 am (128°) 4:01 pm (232°) 7:54:57 +1:00 6:02 am 6:04 pm 6:43 am 5:24 pm 7:26 am 4:41 pm 12:03 pm (15.5°) 147.105
* All times are local time for London. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Today is highlighted.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in London is at 3:03 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 8 hours, 49 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 12. The latest sunrise is on December 30.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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