Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Basel

Sunrise in Basel today is at 06:00:04 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:11:42 PM, giving Basel 15h 11min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 05:22:18 AM and ends at 09:49:17 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Basel or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Basel. Get a full year of light data with the printable Basel Photography Planner 2026.

Basel is in the warm temperate zone, with noticeable seasonal shifts — long summer evenings and shorter winter days. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Basel receives 16.0 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 05:32 AM and sunset at 09:30 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 8.4 hours — a difference of 7.5 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 05:31, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:31. The evening golden hour in Basel lasts about 72 minutes in summer and 75 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.