Coordinate model
London is computed at 51.51°N, 0.13°W in Europe/London. The coordinate, not the country or timezone alone, controls the curve.
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Daylight curve
51.51°N · 0.13°W. Each vertical bar is one day of the year — bar height shows total daylight minutes.
Last updated recently. Daylight values are generated from the city coordinates and solar-position math during the page revalidation window.
Longest day
16.6h
2026-06-17
Shortest day
7.8h
2026-12-18
Average
12.3h
Δ seasonal
Today's solar window
Sunrise
4:44 AM
Solar noon
12:59 PM
Sunset
9:13 PM
Day length
16h 29m
Civil twilight (-6°)
3:58 AM to 10:00 PM
Nautical twilight (-12°)
2:47 AM to 11:11 PM
Astronomical twilight (-18°)
Sun never reaches -18° today
Golden hour2h 42m total
4:17 AM to 5:38 AM · 8:20 PM to 9:41 PM
Blue hour38m total
3:58 AM to 4:17 AM · 9:41 PM to 10:00 PM
Seasonal checkpoints
March equinox
Mar 20
12h 10m
June solstice
Jun 21
16h 38m
September equinox
Sep 22
12h 13m
December solstice
Dec 21
7h 50m
Full-year edge cases: 0 polar-day entries and 0 polar-night entries in the 2026 curve.
City solar dossier
These rows bind the page to London's coordinates, local timezone, annual daylight spread, twilight availability, and peer-city curve rather than a reusable sunrise template.
London is computed at 51.51°N, 0.13°W in Europe/London. The coordinate, not the country or timezone alone, controls the curve.
8h 48m between Dec 18 (7h 50m) and Jun 17 (16h 38m).
Today resolves to sunrise 4:44 AM, solar noon 12:59 PM, and sunset 9:13 PM.
golden hour today 2h 42m; blue hour today 38m; longest golden-hour day Dec 21 — 2h 54m
306 days include astronomical darkness; 0 civil white-night days and 59 astronomical white-night days are modeled in 2026.
Amsterdam (9h 7m swing); Berlin (9h 11m swing); Vancouver (8h 4m swing); Paris (7h 56m swing); Moscow (10h 33m swing)
Solar evidence pack
This audit ties the page to a retained city route, exact coordinates, local timezone, a full-year daylight curve, twilight thresholds, and peer-city comparisons.
/sun/london/ resolves to London, United Kingdom; the route is generated only from the retained SUN_CITIES list.
51.51°N, 0.13°W; latitude band high-mid latitude band; Northern Hemisphere.
Europe/London is used to anchor today's local sunrise, sunset, solar noon, and twilight windows.
365 daily daylight rows were computed for 2026; expected 365.
Longest Jun 17 (16h 38m), shortest Dec 18 (7h 50m), average 12h 16m.
Fastest gain Jan 31 (+4m from the previous day); fastest loss Aug 2 (-4m from the previous day); closest 12-hour day Sep 25 at 12h 1m (+1m from 12h).
Today: sunrise 4:44 AM, solar noon 12:59 PM, sunset 9:13 PM.
Golden Dec 21 — 2h 54m; blue Jun 21 — 39m; civil Jun 21 — 1h 36m; astronomical night Dec 21 — 12h 2m.
306 days with astronomical darkness; 0 civil white-night days; 59 astronomical white-night days.
March equinox: 12h 10m; June solstice: 16h 38m; September equinox: 12h 13m; December solstice: 7h 50m
Amsterdam (9h 7m); Berlin (9h 11m); Vancouver (8h 4m); Paris (7h 56m); Moscow (10h 33m)
Solar thresholds are NOAA-style; timezone rules use IANA. The page is a planning model, not a legal almanac or obstruction-aware site survey.
Practical read
Photography
2h 42m golden hour today
Best annual golden-hour day: Dec 21 — 2h 54m. Blue-hour total today: 38m.
Astronomy
306 true-darkness days
Longest astronomical-night entry: Dec 21 — 12h 2m. Use local cloud cover and moon phase separately.
Outdoor routine
16h 29m daylight today
Sunrise 4:44 AM and sunset 9:13 PM are the practical day-boundaries for school runs, work windows, and outdoor activity.
Seasonal planning
8h 48m annual swing
June average 16h 33m; December average 7h 55m. This is the year-scale gap to check before travel or outdoor scheduling.
Travel comparison
10 retained peer curves
London's closest daylight-pattern peers here include Amsterdam (9h 7m annual swing), Berlin (9h 11m annual swing), Vancouver (8h 4m annual swing), Paris (7h 56m annual swing).
Civil-light risk
Full civil-twilight bound all year
Civil twilight uses -6°. White-night counts matter because dawn/dusk phases stop behaving like ordinary morning/evening windows.
Calculation boundaries
What this model includes
Latitude, longitude, solar elevation thresholds, atmospheric-refraction sunrise/sunset convention, Europe/London local formatting, and a 365-day sweep for 2026.
What this model excludes
Mountains, skyline obstruction, sea horizon differences, weather, smoke, cloud cover, local legal definitions, aviation rules, and observer elevation.
When to verify elsewhere
Use official observatory, aviation, maritime, legal, or local almanac sources for high-stakes operations; this page is designed for planning, comparison, and general reference.
Why city pages differ
Two cities in Europe/London can still have different daylight and twilight curves because the coordinate pair, especially latitude, drives the result.
Seasonal daylight fingerprint
These values are derived from the same 365-day curve: threshold counts, fastest day-to-day change, the closest 12-hour balance, and monthly daylight averages.
14h+ daylight days
131
Days at or above fourteen hours of sun.
10h-or-less days
111
Short-day entries at ten hours or below.
Fastest gain
Jan 31 (+4m from the previous day)
Fastest loss
Aug 2 (-4m from the previous day)
Closest 12-hour balance
Sep 25 at 12h 1m (+1m from 12h)
Brightest month
June average 16h 33m
Shortest month
December average 7h 55m
Year-round photographer planning
Combined morning + evening windows, computed for every UTC day of the year.
White-night counts
0 days without civil-twilight bound, 0 without nautical-twilight bound, 59 without astronomical-twilight bound. On those days the sun never gets low enough for the named phase to occur, so true darkness disappears for that stretch.
Twilight phases reference
Solar elevation thresholds used on this page. All angles are measured from the true horizon at the city coordinate.
Sunrise / sunset · -0.833°
The sun's upper edge crosses the horizon. The negative value is atmospheric refraction (~34') plus the apparent solar disc radius (~16') — what almanacs call "official" sunrise/sunset.
Golden hour · 6° to -4°
Warm, low-angle light photographers and cinematographers plan around. Two windows per day — one in the morning, one in the evening.
Blue hour · -4° to -6°
Sky takes on deep, even blues; useful for cityscape photography because artificial lights and ambient sky balance.
Civil twilight · -6°
Brightest natural objects are still visible; outdoor activities don't need artificial light. Used in many legal definitions of dawn/dusk.
Nautical twilight · -12°
Horizon is just visible at sea, allowing celestial navigation; named for sailors taking sextant fixes.
Astronomical twilight · -18°
Sky is dark enough for deep-sky observation. After astronomical dusk and before astronomical dawn is when astrophotographers shoot.
Solar planning depth
Reference fields include London's route, coordinates, timezone, daylight extremes, twilight windows, white-night counts, peer curves, evidence checks, and calculation boundaries.
Frequently asked questions
These are selected by latitude and annual daylight swing, not by the generic city list, so the comparison is tied to London's actual solar profile.