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Dates & time · Southampton sunrise and sunset

Sunset and sunrise times in Southampton today

On Friday 30 October 2026 the sun sets in Southampton at 16:44 GMT and it is dark (civil twilight ends) by 17:18. Sunrise is at 06:54 GMT, so there are 9 h 50 m of daylight, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.

Worked out for Southampton (50.9025° N, 1.4042° W) with the NOAA solar calculator equations. All UK towns: UK sunset times.

16:44sunset in Southampton on Friday 30 October 2026 (GMT)Dark by about 17:18

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Result

Sunset16:44 GMT
Dark by about17:18 GMT
Sunrise06:54 GMT
Day length9 h 50 m

Southampton, Friday 30 October 2026: sunset 16:44 GMT, dark by about 17:18 GMT, sunrise 06:54 GMT, day length 9 h 50 m.

Friday 30 October 2026

Twilight times in Southampton

Light lasts from civil dawn at 06:19 GMT to civil dusk at 17:18 GMT. The sky is fully dark after astronomical dusk at 18:35 GMT.

Southampton, Friday 30 October 2026, UK clock time
MomentTime
Astronomical dawn (Sun 18° below)05:02 GMT
Nautical dawn (12° below)05:41 GMT
Civil dawn: first light (6° below)06:19 GMT
Sunrise06:54 GMT
Sunset16:44 GMT
Civil dusk: dark by about (6° below)17:18 GMT
Nautical dusk (12° below)17:57 GMT
Astronomical dusk: fully dark (18° below)18:35 GMT

Next 30 days

Southampton sunrise and sunset times from 30 October to 28 November

Day length goes from 9 h 50 m to 8 h 23 m over these 30 days.

Southampton, UK clock time
DateSunriseSunsetDark by aboutDay length
Fri 30 Oct06:54 GMT16:44 GMT17:189 h 50 m
Sat 31 Oct06:56 GMT16:42 GMT17:179 h 46 m
Sun 1 Nov06:57 GMT16:40 GMT17:159 h 43 m
Mon 2 Nov06:59 GMT16:38 GMT17:139 h 39 m
Tue 3 Nov07:01 GMT16:37 GMT17:129 h 36 m
Wed 4 Nov07:03 GMT16:35 GMT17:109 h 32 m
Thu 5 Nov07:04 GMT16:33 GMT17:089 h 29 m
Fri 6 Nov07:06 GMT16:32 GMT17:079 h 26 m
Sat 7 Nov07:08 GMT16:30 GMT17:059 h 22 m
Sun 8 Nov07:09 GMT16:29 GMT17:049 h 20 m
Mon 9 Nov07:11 GMT16:27 GMT17:039 h 16 m
Tue 10 Nov07:13 GMT16:25 GMT17:019 h 12 m
Wed 11 Nov07:15 GMT16:24 GMT17:009 h 09 m
Thu 12 Nov07:16 GMT16:23 GMT16:599 h 07 m
Fri 13 Nov07:18 GMT16:21 GMT16:579 h 03 m
Sat 14 Nov07:20 GMT16:20 GMT16:569 h 00 m
Sun 15 Nov07:21 GMT16:18 GMT16:558 h 57 m
Mon 16 Nov07:23 GMT16:17 GMT16:548 h 54 m
Tue 17 Nov07:25 GMT16:16 GMT16:538 h 51 m
Wed 18 Nov07:26 GMT16:15 GMT16:518 h 49 m
Thu 19 Nov07:28 GMT16:13 GMT16:508 h 45 m
Fri 20 Nov07:30 GMT16:12 GMT16:498 h 42 m
Sat 21 Nov07:31 GMT16:11 GMT16:488 h 40 m
Sun 22 Nov07:33 GMT16:10 GMT16:478 h 37 m
Mon 23 Nov07:34 GMT16:09 GMT16:478 h 35 m
Tue 24 Nov07:36 GMT16:08 GMT16:468 h 32 m
Wed 25 Nov07:37 GMT16:07 GMT16:458 h 30 m
Thu 26 Nov07:39 GMT16:06 GMT16:448 h 27 m
Fri 27 Nov07:40 GMT16:06 GMT16:448 h 26 m
Sat 28 Nov07:42 GMT16:05 GMT16:438 h 23 m

Dates ahead

Sunset in Southampton on key dates

The earliest sunset of the year in Southampton is on Saturday 12 December 2026 at 15:59 GMT, a few days before the shortest day.

DateOccasionSunriseSunsetDark by about
Saturday 31 October 2026Halloween06:56 GMT16:42 GMT17:17
Thursday 5 November 2026Bonfire Night07:04 GMT16:33 GMT17:08
Sunday 8 November 2026Remembrance Sunday07:09 GMT16:29 GMT17:04
Saturday 12 December 2026Earliest sunset of 202607:59 GMT15:59 GMT16:39
Monday 21 December 2026Shortest day (winter solstice)08:06 GMT16:02 GMT16:41
Friday 25 December 2026Christmas Day08:07 GMT16:04 GMT16:43
Sunday 28 March 2027Clocks go forward06:51 BST19:31 BST20:05

Compared

How Southampton compares with London and nearby towns

Southampton’s sunset today is 7 minutes later than London’s (16:37) and its sunrise 4 minutes later than London’s (06:50). On the shortest day, Monday 21 December 2026, Southampton gets 7 h 56 m of daylight against 7 h 49 m in London.

Friday 30 October 2026
TownDistanceSunriseSunsetDay length
Southampton–06:5416:449 h 50 m
Brighton89 km06:4916:399 h 50 m
Oxford95 km06:5516:419 h 46 m
London111 km06:5016:379 h 47 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

Southampton sunset FAQs.

What time is sunset in Southampton today?

On Friday 30 October 2026 the sun sets in Southampton at 16:44 GMT, and it is dark by about 17:18 when civil twilight ends. The picker on this page shows the time for any other date.

When is the earliest sunset in Southampton?

On Saturday 12 December 2026, at 15:59 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 Southampton?

7 h 56 m on Monday 21 December 2026: sunrise 08:06 and sunset 16:02 GMT, against 7 h 49 m in London.

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