Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Edinburgh

Sunrise in Edinburgh today is at 05:48:02 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 08:44:20 PM, giving Edinburgh 14h 56min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 05:04:19 AM and ends at 09:27:43 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Edinburgh or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Edinburgh. Get a full year of light data with the printable Edinburgh Photography Planner 2026.

Edinburgh lies in the temperate zone at 56.0° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Edinburgh receives 17.6 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:26 AM and sunset at 10:02 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 6.9 hours — a difference of 10.7 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 20 at 04:26, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 22:02. The evening golden hour in Edinburgh lasts about 100 minutes in summer and 108 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.