Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Gent

Sunrise in Gent today is at 05:40:47 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:44:33 PM, giving Gent 16h 3min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:56:27 AM and ends at 10:29:08 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Gent or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Gent. Get a full year of light data with the printable Gent Photography Planner 2026.

Gent 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), Gent receives 16.5 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 05:30 AM and sunset at 10:03 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.9 hours — a difference of 8.7 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 05:30, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 22:03. The evening golden hour in Gent lasts about 81 minutes in summer and 85 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.