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Dates & time · Bristol sunrise and sunset

Sunset and sunrise times in Bristol today

On Friday 30 October 2026 the sun sets in Bristol at 16:47 GMT and it is dark (civil twilight ends) by 17:22. Sunrise is at 07:00 GMT, so there are 9 h 47 m of daylight, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.

Worked out for Bristol (51.4545° N, 2.5879° W) with the NOAA solar calculator equations. All UK towns: UK sunset times.

16:47sunset in Bristol on Friday 30 October 2026 (GMT)Dark by about 17:22

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Result

Sunset16:47 GMT
Dark by about17:22 GMT
Sunrise07:00 GMT
Day length9 h 47 m

Bristol, Friday 30 October 2026: sunset 16:47 GMT, dark by about 17:22 GMT, sunrise 07:00 GMT, day length 9 h 47 m.

Friday 30 October 2026

Twilight times in Bristol

Light lasts from civil dawn at 06:25 GMT to civil dusk at 17:22 GMT. The sky is fully dark after astronomical dusk at 18:40 GMT.

Bristol, Friday 30 October 2026, UK clock time
MomentTime
Astronomical dawn (Sun 18° below)05:07 GMT
Nautical dawn (12° below)05:46 GMT
Civil dawn: first light (6° below)06:25 GMT
Sunrise07:00 GMT
Sunset16:47 GMT
Civil dusk: dark by about (6° below)17:22 GMT
Nautical dusk (12° below)18:01 GMT
Astronomical dusk: fully dark (18° below)18:40 GMT

Next 30 days

Bristol sunrise and sunset times from 30 October to 28 November

Day length goes from 9 h 47 m to 8 h 18 m over these 30 days.

Bristol, UK clock time
DateSunriseSunsetDark by aboutDay length
Fri 30 Oct07:00 GMT16:47 GMT17:229 h 47 m
Sat 31 Oct07:02 GMT16:45 GMT17:209 h 43 m
Sun 1 Nov07:04 GMT16:43 GMT17:199 h 39 m
Mon 2 Nov07:05 GMT16:42 GMT17:179 h 37 m
Tue 3 Nov07:07 GMT16:40 GMT17:159 h 33 m
Wed 4 Nov07:09 GMT16:38 GMT17:149 h 29 m
Thu 5 Nov07:11 GMT16:36 GMT17:129 h 25 m
Fri 6 Nov07:12 GMT16:35 GMT17:119 h 23 m
Sat 7 Nov07:14 GMT16:33 GMT17:099 h 19 m
Sun 8 Nov07:16 GMT16:32 GMT17:089 h 16 m
Mon 9 Nov07:18 GMT16:30 GMT17:069 h 12 m
Tue 10 Nov07:19 GMT16:28 GMT17:059 h 09 m
Wed 11 Nov07:21 GMT16:27 GMT17:039 h 06 m
Thu 12 Nov07:23 GMT16:25 GMT17:029 h 02 m
Fri 13 Nov07:25 GMT16:24 GMT17:018 h 59 m
Sat 14 Nov07:26 GMT16:23 GMT16:598 h 57 m
Sun 15 Nov07:28 GMT16:21 GMT16:588 h 53 m
Mon 16 Nov07:30 GMT16:20 GMT16:578 h 50 m
Tue 17 Nov07:31 GMT16:19 GMT16:568 h 48 m
Wed 18 Nov07:33 GMT16:17 GMT16:558 h 44 m
Thu 19 Nov07:35 GMT16:16 GMT16:548 h 41 m
Fri 20 Nov07:36 GMT16:15 GMT16:528 h 39 m
Sat 21 Nov07:38 GMT16:14 GMT16:528 h 36 m
Sun 22 Nov07:40 GMT16:13 GMT16:518 h 33 m
Mon 23 Nov07:41 GMT16:12 GMT16:508 h 31 m
Tue 24 Nov07:43 GMT16:11 GMT16:498 h 28 m
Wed 25 Nov07:44 GMT16:10 GMT16:488 h 26 m
Thu 26 Nov07:46 GMT16:09 GMT16:478 h 23 m
Fri 27 Nov07:48 GMT16:08 GMT16:468 h 20 m
Sat 28 Nov07:49 GMT16:07 GMT16:468 h 18 m

Dates ahead

Sunset in Bristol on key dates

The earliest sunset of the year in Bristol is on Saturday 12 December 2026 at 16:01 GMT, a few days before the shortest day.

DateOccasionSunriseSunsetDark by about
Saturday 31 October 2026Halloween07:02 GMT16:45 GMT17:20
Thursday 5 November 2026Bonfire Night07:11 GMT16:36 GMT17:12
Sunday 8 November 2026Remembrance Sunday07:16 GMT16:32 GMT17:08
Saturday 12 December 2026Earliest sunset of 202608:07 GMT16:01 GMT16:41
Monday 21 December 2026Shortest day (winter solstice)08:13 GMT16:04 GMT16:44
Friday 25 December 2026Christmas Day08:15 GMT16:06 GMT16:46
Sunday 28 March 2027Clocks go forward06:56 BST19:36 BST20:10

Compared

How Bristol compares with London and nearby towns

Bristol’s sunset today is 10 minutes later than London’s (16:37) and its sunrise 10 minutes later than London’s (06:50). On the shortest day, Monday 21 December 2026, Bristol gets 7 h 51 m of daylight against 7 h 49 m in London.

Friday 30 October 2026
TownDistanceSunriseSunsetDay length
Bristol–07:0016:479 h 47 m
Cardiff41 km07:0316:499 h 46 m
Swansea96 km07:0616:529 h 46 m
Oxford98 km06:5516:419 h 46 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

Bristol sunset FAQs.

What time is sunset in Bristol today?

On Friday 30 October 2026 the sun sets in Bristol at 16:47 GMT, and it is dark by about 17:22 when civil twilight ends. The picker on this page shows the time for any other date.

When is the earliest sunset in Bristol?

On Saturday 12 December 2026, at 16:01 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 Bristol?

7 h 51 m on Monday 21 December 2026: sunrise 08:13 and sunset 16:04 GMT, against 7 h 49 m in London.

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