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Dates & time · Plymouth sunrise and sunset

Sunset and sunrise times in Plymouth today

On Friday 30 October 2026 the sun sets in Plymouth at 16:56 GMT and it is dark (civil twilight ends) by 17:30. Sunrise is at 07:04 GMT, so there are 9 h 52 m of daylight, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.

Worked out for Plymouth (50.3714° N, 4.1422° W) with the NOAA solar calculator equations. All UK towns: UK sunset times.

16:56sunset in Plymouth on Friday 30 October 2026 (GMT)Dark by about 17:30

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Result

Sunset16:56 GMT
Dark by about17:30 GMT
Sunrise07:04 GMT
Day length9 h 52 m

Plymouth, Friday 30 October 2026: sunset 16:56 GMT, dark by about 17:30 GMT, sunrise 07:04 GMT, day length 9 h 52 m.

Friday 30 October 2026

Twilight times in Plymouth

Light lasts from civil dawn at 06:30 GMT to civil dusk at 17:30 GMT. The sky is fully dark after astronomical dusk at 18:46 GMT.

Plymouth, Friday 30 October 2026, UK clock time
MomentTime
Astronomical dawn (Sun 18° below)05:13 GMT
Nautical dawn (12° below)05:51 GMT
Civil dawn: first light (6° below)06:30 GMT
Sunrise07:04 GMT
Sunset16:56 GMT
Civil dusk: dark by about (6° below)17:30 GMT
Nautical dusk (12° below)18:08 GMT
Astronomical dusk: fully dark (18° below)18:46 GMT

Next 30 days

Plymouth sunrise and sunset times from 30 October to 28 November

Day length goes from 9 h 52 m to 8 h 27 m over these 30 days.

Plymouth, UK clock time
DateSunriseSunsetDark by aboutDay length
Fri 30 Oct07:04 GMT16:56 GMT17:309 h 52 m
Sat 31 Oct07:05 GMT16:54 GMT17:289 h 49 m
Sun 1 Nov07:07 GMT16:53 GMT17:279 h 46 m
Mon 2 Nov07:09 GMT16:51 GMT17:259 h 42 m
Tue 3 Nov07:10 GMT16:49 GMT17:249 h 39 m
Wed 4 Nov07:12 GMT16:47 GMT17:229 h 35 m
Thu 5 Nov07:14 GMT16:46 GMT17:209 h 32 m
Fri 6 Nov07:15 GMT16:44 GMT17:199 h 29 m
Sat 7 Nov07:17 GMT16:43 GMT17:189 h 26 m
Sun 8 Nov07:19 GMT16:41 GMT17:169 h 22 m
Mon 9 Nov07:20 GMT16:40 GMT17:159 h 20 m
Tue 10 Nov07:22 GMT16:38 GMT17:139 h 16 m
Wed 11 Nov07:24 GMT16:37 GMT17:129 h 13 m
Thu 12 Nov07:26 GMT16:35 GMT17:119 h 09 m
Fri 13 Nov07:27 GMT16:34 GMT17:099 h 07 m
Sat 14 Nov07:29 GMT16:33 GMT17:089 h 04 m
Sun 15 Nov07:30 GMT16:31 GMT17:079 h 01 m
Mon 16 Nov07:32 GMT16:30 GMT17:068 h 58 m
Tue 17 Nov07:34 GMT16:29 GMT17:058 h 55 m
Wed 18 Nov07:35 GMT16:28 GMT17:048 h 53 m
Thu 19 Nov07:37 GMT16:26 GMT17:038 h 49 m
Fri 20 Nov07:39 GMT16:25 GMT17:028 h 46 m
Sat 21 Nov07:40 GMT16:24 GMT17:018 h 44 m
Sun 22 Nov07:42 GMT16:23 GMT17:008 h 41 m
Mon 23 Nov07:43 GMT16:22 GMT16:598 h 39 m
Tue 24 Nov07:45 GMT16:21 GMT16:588 h 36 m
Wed 25 Nov07:46 GMT16:20 GMT16:588 h 34 m
Thu 26 Nov07:48 GMT16:20 GMT16:578 h 32 m
Fri 27 Nov07:49 GMT16:19 GMT16:568 h 30 m
Sat 28 Nov07:51 GMT16:18 GMT16:558 h 27 m

Dates ahead

Sunset in Plymouth on key dates

The earliest sunset of the year in Plymouth is on Saturday 12 December 2026 at 16:13 GMT, a few days before the shortest day.

DateOccasionSunriseSunsetDark by about
Saturday 31 October 2026Halloween07:05 GMT16:54 GMT17:28
Thursday 5 November 2026Bonfire Night07:14 GMT16:46 GMT17:20
Sunday 8 November 2026Remembrance Sunday07:19 GMT16:41 GMT17:16
Saturday 12 December 2026Earliest sunset of 202608:08 GMT16:13 GMT16:52
Monday 21 December 2026Shortest day (winter solstice)08:14 GMT16:15 GMT16:54
Friday 25 December 2026Christmas Day08:16 GMT16:17 GMT16:56
Sunday 28 March 2027Clocks go forward07:02 BST19:42 BST20:15

Compared

How Plymouth compares with London and nearby towns

Plymouth’s sunset today is 19 minutes later than London’s (16:37) and its sunrise 14 minutes later than London’s (06:50). On the shortest day, Monday 21 December 2026, Plymouth gets 8 h 01 m of daylight against 7 h 49 m in London.

Friday 30 October 2026
TownDistanceSunriseSunsetDay length
Plymouth–07:0416:569 h 52 m
Exeter59 km07:0216:539 h 51 m
Swansea139 km07:0616:529 h 46 m
Cardiff141 km07:0316:499 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

Plymouth sunset FAQs.

What time is sunset in Plymouth today?

On Friday 30 October 2026 the sun sets in Plymouth at 16:56 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 Plymouth?

On Saturday 12 December 2026, at 16:13 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 Plymouth?

8 h 01 m on Monday 21 December 2026: sunrise 08:14 and sunset 16:15 GMT, against 7 h 49 m in London.

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