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Dates & time · Belfast sunrise and sunset

Sunset and sunrise times in Belfast today

On Friday 30 October 2026 the sun sets in Belfast at 16:52 GMT and it is dark (civil twilight ends) by 17:30. Sunrise is at 07:22 GMT, so there are 9 h 30 m of daylight, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.

Worked out for Belfast (54.5973° N, 5.9301° W) with the NOAA solar calculator equations. All UK towns: UK sunset times.

16:52sunset in Belfast on Friday 30 October 2026 (GMT)Dark by about 17:30

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Result

Sunset16:52 GMT
Dark by about17:30 GMT
Sunrise07:22 GMT
Day length9 h 30 m

Belfast, Friday 30 October 2026: sunset 16:52 GMT, dark by about 17:30 GMT, sunrise 07:22 GMT, day length 9 h 30 m.

Friday 30 October 2026

Twilight times in Belfast

Light lasts from civil dawn at 06:44 GMT to civil dusk at 17:30 GMT. The sky is fully dark after astronomical dusk at 18:53 GMT.

Belfast, Friday 30 October 2026, UK clock time
MomentTime
Astronomical dawn (Sun 18° below)05:20 GMT
Nautical dawn (12° below)06:02 GMT
Civil dawn: first light (6° below)06:44 GMT
Sunrise07:22 GMT
Sunset16:52 GMT
Civil dusk: dark by about (6° below)17:30 GMT
Nautical dusk (12° below)18:12 GMT
Astronomical dusk: fully dark (18° below)18:53 GMT

Next 30 days

Belfast sunrise and sunset times from 30 October to 28 November

Day length goes from 9 h 30 m to 7 h 47 m over these 30 days.

Belfast, UK clock time
DateSunriseSunsetDark by aboutDay length
Fri 30 Oct07:22 GMT16:52 GMT17:309 h 30 m
Sat 31 Oct07:24 GMT16:50 GMT17:289 h 26 m
Sun 1 Nov07:26 GMT16:48 GMT17:269 h 22 m
Mon 2 Nov07:28 GMT16:46 GMT17:249 h 18 m
Tue 3 Nov07:30 GMT16:44 GMT17:229 h 14 m
Wed 4 Nov07:32 GMT16:42 GMT17:209 h 10 m
Thu 5 Nov07:34 GMT16:40 GMT17:189 h 06 m
Fri 6 Nov07:36 GMT16:38 GMT17:179 h 02 m
Sat 7 Nov07:38 GMT16:36 GMT17:158 h 58 m
Sun 8 Nov07:40 GMT16:34 GMT17:138 h 54 m
Mon 9 Nov07:42 GMT16:32 GMT17:128 h 50 m
Tue 10 Nov07:44 GMT16:30 GMT17:108 h 46 m
Wed 11 Nov07:46 GMT16:29 GMT17:088 h 43 m
Thu 12 Nov07:48 GMT16:27 GMT17:078 h 39 m
Fri 13 Nov07:50 GMT16:25 GMT17:058 h 35 m
Sat 14 Nov07:52 GMT16:24 GMT17:048 h 32 m
Sun 15 Nov07:54 GMT16:22 GMT17:028 h 28 m
Mon 16 Nov07:56 GMT16:21 GMT17:018 h 25 m
Tue 17 Nov07:58 GMT16:19 GMT17:008 h 21 m
Wed 18 Nov08:00 GMT16:18 GMT16:588 h 18 m
Thu 19 Nov08:01 GMT16:16 GMT16:578 h 15 m
Fri 20 Nov08:03 GMT16:15 GMT16:568 h 12 m
Sat 21 Nov08:05 GMT16:13 GMT16:558 h 08 m
Sun 22 Nov08:07 GMT16:12 GMT16:548 h 05 m
Mon 23 Nov08:09 GMT16:11 GMT16:538 h 02 m
Tue 24 Nov08:11 GMT16:10 GMT16:527 h 59 m
Wed 25 Nov08:12 GMT16:08 GMT16:517 h 56 m
Thu 26 Nov08:14 GMT16:07 GMT16:507 h 53 m
Fri 27 Nov08:16 GMT16:06 GMT16:497 h 50 m
Sat 28 Nov08:18 GMT16:05 GMT16:487 h 47 m

Dates ahead

Sunset in Belfast on key dates

The earliest sunset of the year in Belfast is on Monday 14 December 2026 at 15:58 GMT, a few days before the shortest day.

DateOccasionSunriseSunsetDark by about
Saturday 31 October 2026Halloween07:24 GMT16:50 GMT17:28
Thursday 5 November 2026Bonfire Night07:34 GMT16:40 GMT17:18
Sunday 8 November 2026Remembrance Sunday07:40 GMT16:34 GMT17:13
Monday 14 December 2026Earliest sunset of 202608:39 GMT15:58 GMT16:42
Monday 21 December 2026Shortest day (winter solstice)08:44 GMT15:59 GMT16:44
Friday 25 December 2026Christmas Day08:46 GMT16:02 GMT16:47
Sunday 28 March 2027Clocks go forward07:07 BST19:52 BST20:28

Compared

How Belfast compares with London and nearby towns

Belfast’s sunset today is 15 minutes later than London’s (16:37) and its sunrise 32 minutes later than London’s (06:50). On the shortest day, Monday 21 December 2026, Belfast gets 7 h 15 m of daylight against 7 h 49 m in London.

Friday 30 October 2026
TownDistanceSunriseSunsetDay length
Belfast–07:2216:529 h 30 m
Derry~Londonderry100 km07:2916:569 h 27 m
Glasgow177 km07:1916:419 h 22 m
Edinburgh230 km07:1516:379 h 22 m

Places further west see the sun rise and set later by the clock (about 4 minutes for each degree of longitude), and places further north have shorter winter days and longer summer ones. Every UK town is on the same clock: GMT in winter and BST from the last Sunday in March (GOV.UK).

Method

How these times are worked out

Sunrise and sunset are when the top of the Sun crosses a flat horizon, allowing for refraction. “Dark by about” is the end of civil twilight, with the Sun 6° below the horizon. Times are rounded to the minute for the city centre; hills, buildings and cloud change what you see. The same equations give London and Edinburgh times within 2 minutes of the US Naval Observatory tables. Coordinates: the clocks page’s nine cities, or each town’s primary coordinates on English Wikipedia.

Other cities

Sunrise and sunset in other UK cities

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Helpful answers

Belfast sunset FAQs.

What time is sunset in Belfast today?

On Friday 30 October 2026 the sun sets in Belfast at 16:52 GMT, and it is dark by about 17:30 when civil twilight ends. The picker on this page shows the time for any other date.

When is the earliest sunset in Belfast?

On Monday 14 December 2026, at 15:58 GMT. Sunsets then get later, even before the shortest day on 21 December, because solar noon drifts later through December.

How long is the shortest day in Belfast?

7 h 15 m on Monday 21 December 2026: sunrise 08:44 and sunset 15:59 GMT, against 7 h 49 m in London.

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