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

Daylight

4:52 am – 7:02 pm
14 hours, 9 minutes

Current Time: Jun 29, 2025 at 10:40:54 am
Sun Direction: 110.53° ESE
Sun Altitude: 71.22°
Sun Distance: 94.498 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 23, 2025 2:19 am (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 4:52 am 62° Northeast
Sunset Today: 7:02 pm 298° Northwest
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2025 Sun Graph for Shanghai

December 2025 — Sun in Shanghai

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2025Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:34 am (115°)4:51 pm (245°)10:16:22−0:535:09 am6:16 pm5:38 am5:47 pm6:08 am5:17 pm11:43 am (37.0°)91.665
26:35 am (115°)4:51 pm (245°)10:15:31−0:515:09 am6:16 pm5:39 am5:47 pm6:09 am5:17 pm11:43 am (36.8°)91.649
36:36 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:14:42−0:495:10 am6:16 pm5:39 am5:47 pm6:09 am5:17 pm11:43 am (36.7°)91.635
46:37 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:13:55−0:465:11 am6:16 pm5:40 am5:47 pm6:10 am5:17 pm11:44 am (36.5°)91.621
56:37 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:13:10−0:445:11 am6:17 pm5:41 am5:47 pm6:11 am5:17 pm11:44 am (36.4°)91.607
66:38 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:12:28−0:425:12 am6:17 pm5:42 am5:47 pm6:12 am5:17 pm11:45 am (36.3°)91.594
76:39 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:11:49−0:395:13 am6:17 pm5:42 am5:47 pm6:12 am5:17 pm11:45 am (36.2°)91.581
86:40 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:11:12−0:375:14 am6:17 pm5:43 am5:48 pm6:13 am5:17 pm11:45 am (36.1°)91.569
96:40 am (116°)4:51 pm (244°)10:10:37−0:345:14 am6:17 pm5:44 am5:48 pm6:14 am5:18 pm11:46 am (36.0°)91.558
106:41 am (117°)4:51 pm (243°)10:10:05−0:325:15 am6:18 pm5:44 am5:48 pm6:15 am5:18 pm11:46 am (35.9°)91.547
116:42 am (117°)4:51 pm (243°)10:09:35−0:295:15 am6:18 pm5:45 am5:48 pm6:15 am5:18 pm11:47 am (35.8°)91.536
126:43 am (117°)4:52 pm (243°)10:09:08−0:265:16 am6:18 pm5:46 am5:49 pm6:16 am5:18 pm11:47 am (35.7°)91.526
136:43 am (117°)4:52 pm (243°)10:08:44−0:245:17 am6:18 pm5:46 am5:49 pm6:17 am5:19 pm11:48 am (35.6°)91.517
146:44 am (117°)4:52 pm (243°)10:08:22−0:215:17 am6:19 pm5:47 am5:49 pm6:17 am5:19 pm11:48 am (35.6°)91.507
156:45 am (117°)4:53 pm (243°)10:08:03−0:185:18 am6:19 pm5:48 am5:50 pm6:18 am5:19 pm11:49 am (35.5°)91.498
166:45 am (117°)4:53 pm (243°)10:07:47−0:165:19 am6:20 pm5:48 am5:50 pm6:18 am5:20 pm11:49 am (35.5°)91.490
176:46 am (117°)4:53 pm (243°)10:07:33−0:135:19 am6:20 pm5:49 am5:50 pm6:19 am5:20 pm11:50 am (35.4°)91.482
186:46 am (117°)4:54 pm (243°)10:07:23−0:105:20 am6:20 pm5:49 am5:51 pm6:20 am5:20 pm11:50 am (35.4°)91.474
196:47 am (117°)4:54 pm (243°)10:07:14−0:085:20 am6:21 pm5:50 am5:51 pm6:20 am5:21 pm11:51 am (35.4°)91.467
206:47 am (117°)4:55 pm (243°)10:07:09−0:055:21 am6:21 pm5:50 am5:52 pm6:21 am5:21 pm11:51 am (35.4°)91.460
216:48 am (117°)4:55 pm (243°)10:07:06−0:025:21 am6:22 pm5:51 am5:52 pm6:21 am5:22 pm11:52 am (35.4°)91.453
226:49 am (117°)4:56 pm (243°)10:07:07< 1s5:22 am6:22 pm5:51 am5:53 pm6:22 am5:22 pm11:52 am (35.4°)91.447
236:49 am (117°)4:56 pm (243°)10:07:09+0:025:22 am6:23 pm5:52 am5:53 pm6:22 am5:23 pm11:53 am (35.4°)91.441
246:49 am (117°)4:57 pm (243°)10:07:15+0:055:23 am6:23 pm5:52 am5:54 pm6:23 am5:23 pm11:53 am (35.4°)91.435
256:50 am (117°)4:57 pm (243°)10:07:23+0:085:23 am6:24 pm5:53 am5:54 pm6:23 am5:24 pm11:54 am (35.4°)91.430
266:50 am (117°)4:58 pm (243°)10:07:35+0:115:24 am6:24 pm5:53 am5:55 pm6:24 am5:25 pm11:54 am (35.4°)91.425
276:51 am (117°)4:58 pm (243°)10:07:48+0:135:24 am6:25 pm5:54 am5:55 pm6:24 am5:25 pm11:55 am (35.5°)91.420
286:51 am (117°)4:59 pm (243°)10:08:05+0:165:24 am6:26 pm5:54 am5:56 pm6:24 am5:26 pm11:55 am (35.5°)91.416
296:51 am (117°)5:00 pm (243°)10:08:24+0:195:25 am6:26 pm5:54 am5:57 pm6:25 am5:26 pm11:56 am (35.6°)91.413
306:52 am (117°)5:00 pm (243°)10:08:46+0:215:25 am6:27 pm5:55 am5:57 pm6:25 am5:27 pm11:56 am (35.6°)91.410
316:52 am (117°)5:01 pm (243°)10:09:11+0:245:25 am6:28 pm5:55 am5:58 pm6:25 am5:28 pm11:56 am (35.7°)91.408
* All times are local time for Shanghai. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Shanghai is at 11:03 pm on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 4 hours, 4 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 3.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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