Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Erfurt

Sunrise in Erfurt today is at 05:08:15 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:19:31 PM, giving Erfurt 16h 11min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:23:11 AM and ends at 10:04:47 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Erfurt or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Erfurt. Get a full year of light data with the printable Erfurt Photography Planner 2026.

Erfurt lies in the temperate zone at 51.0° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Erfurt receives 16.5 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 05:01 AM and sunset at 09:33 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.9 hours — a difference of 8.6 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 05:01, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:34. The evening golden hour in Erfurt lasts about 81 minutes in summer and 84 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.