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Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2025

Daylight

4:54 am – 7:44 pm
14 hours, 51 minutes

Current Time: Jul 9, 2025 at 7:37:12 am
Sun Direction: 83.80° E
Sun Altitude: 28.68°
Sun Distance: 94.498 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 23, 2025 2:19 am (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 4:54 am 59° Northeast
Sunset Today: 7:44 pm 300° Northwest
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2025 Sun Graph for Beijing

December 2025 — Sun in Beijing

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2025Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
17:16 am (118°)4:50 pm (242°)9:33:24−1:165:40 am6:26 pm6:13 am5:53 pm6:46 am5:19 pm12:03 pm (28.3°)91.664
27:17 am (118°)4:49 pm (242°)9:32:11−1:135:41 am6:25 pm6:14 am5:53 pm6:47 am5:19 pm12:03 pm (28.1°)91.649
37:18 am (119°)4:49 pm (241°)9:31:01−1:095:42 am6:25 pm6:14 am5:53 pm6:48 am5:19 pm12:04 pm (28.0°)91.635
47:19 am (119°)4:49 pm (241°)9:29:55−1:065:43 am6:25 pm6:15 am5:53 pm6:49 am5:19 pm12:04 pm (27.9°)91.620
57:20 am (119°)4:49 pm (241°)9:28:51−1:035:43 am6:25 pm6:16 am5:53 pm6:50 am5:19 pm12:04 pm (27.7°)91.607
67:21 am (119°)4:49 pm (241°)9:27:51−0:595:44 am6:25 pm6:17 am5:53 pm6:51 am5:19 pm12:05 pm (27.6°)91.594
77:22 am (119°)4:49 pm (241°)9:26:55−0:565:45 am6:25 pm6:18 am5:53 pm6:52 am5:19 pm12:05 pm (27.5°)91.581
87:23 am (119°)4:49 pm (241°)9:26:02−0:525:46 am6:26 pm6:19 am5:53 pm6:52 am5:19 pm12:06 pm (27.4°)91.569
97:24 am (120°)4:49 pm (240°)9:25:13−0:495:47 am6:26 pm6:19 am5:53 pm6:53 am5:19 pm12:06 pm (27.3°)91.558
107:24 am (120°)4:49 pm (240°)9:24:27−0:455:47 am6:26 pm6:20 am5:53 pm6:54 am5:19 pm12:07 pm (27.2°)91.547
117:25 am (120°)4:49 pm (240°)9:23:45−0:425:48 am6:26 pm6:21 am5:53 pm6:55 am5:19 pm12:07 pm (27.1°)91.536
127:26 am (120°)4:49 pm (240°)9:23:06−0:385:49 am6:26 pm6:22 am5:53 pm6:56 am5:19 pm12:08 pm (27.0°)91.526
137:27 am (120°)4:49 pm (240°)9:22:31−0:345:49 am6:27 pm6:22 am5:54 pm6:56 am5:20 pm12:08 pm (27.0°)91.516
147:27 am (120°)4:49 pm (240°)9:22:01−0:305:50 am6:27 pm6:23 am5:54 pm6:57 am5:20 pm12:09 pm (26.9°)91.507
157:28 am (120°)4:50 pm (240°)9:21:34−0:275:51 am6:27 pm6:24 am5:54 pm6:58 am5:20 pm12:09 pm (26.8°)91.498
167:29 am (120°)4:50 pm (240°)9:21:10−0:235:51 am6:27 pm6:24 am5:55 pm6:58 am5:21 pm12:09 pm (26.8°)91.490
177:30 am (120°)4:50 pm (240°)9:20:51−0:195:52 am6:28 pm6:25 am5:55 pm6:59 am5:21 pm12:10 pm (26.8°)91.482
187:30 am (120°)4:51 pm (240°)9:20:35−0:155:53 am6:28 pm6:26 am5:55 pm7:00 am5:21 pm12:10 pm (26.7°)91.474
197:31 am (120°)4:51 pm (240°)9:20:24−0:115:53 am6:29 pm6:26 am5:56 pm7:00 am5:22 pm12:11 pm (26.7°)91.467
207:31 am (120°)4:52 pm (240°)9:20:16−0:075:54 am6:29 pm6:27 am5:56 pm7:01 am5:22 pm12:11 pm (26.7°)91.460
217:32 am (120°)4:52 pm (240°)9:20:12−0:035:54 am6:30 pm6:27 am5:57 pm7:01 am5:23 pm12:12 pm (26.7°)91.453
227:32 am (120°)4:53 pm (240°)9:20:13< 1s5:55 am6:30 pm6:28 am5:57 pm7:02 am5:23 pm12:12 pm (26.7°)91.447
237:33 am (120°)4:53 pm (240°)9:20:17+0:045:55 am6:31 pm6:28 am5:58 pm7:02 am5:24 pm12:13 pm (26.7°)91.441
247:33 am (120°)4:54 pm (240°)9:20:25+0:085:56 am6:31 pm6:29 am5:58 pm7:03 am5:24 pm12:13 pm (26.7°)91.435
257:34 am (120°)4:54 pm (240°)9:20:37+0:125:56 am6:32 pm6:29 am5:59 pm7:03 am5:25 pm12:14 pm (26.7°)91.430
267:34 am (120°)4:55 pm (240°)9:20:53+0:155:57 am6:32 pm6:30 am5:59 pm7:04 am5:25 pm12:14 pm (26.8°)91.425
277:34 am (120°)4:56 pm (240°)9:21:13+0:195:57 am6:33 pm6:30 am6:00 pm7:04 am5:26 pm12:15 pm (26.8°)91.420
287:35 am (120°)4:56 pm (240°)9:21:37+0:235:57 am6:34 pm6:30 am6:01 pm7:04 am5:27 pm12:15 pm (26.8°)91.416
297:35 am (120°)4:57 pm (240°)9:22:04+0:275:58 am6:34 pm6:31 am6:01 pm7:04 am5:27 pm12:16 pm (26.9°)91.413
307:35 am (120°)4:58 pm (240°)9:22:36+0:315:58 am6:35 pm6:31 am6:02 pm7:05 am5:28 pm12:16 pm (27.0°)91.410
317:35 am (120°)4:59 pm (240°)9:23:11+0:355:58 am6:36 pm6:31 am6:03 pm7:05 am5:29 pm12:17 pm (27.0°)91.408
* All times are local time for Beijing. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Beijing is at 11:03 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 5 hours, 40 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

The earliest sunset is on December 7 or December 8.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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