Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Glasgow

Sunrise in Glasgow today is at 05:13:01 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:15:06 PM, giving Glasgow 16h 2min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:24:14 AM and ends at 10:04:19 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Glasgow or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Glasgow. Get a full year of light data with the printable Glasgow Photography Planner 2026.

Glasgow lies in the temperate zone at 55.9° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Glasgow receives 17.6 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:31 AM and sunset at 10:06 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.0 hours — a difference of 10.6 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 20 at 04:31, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 22:06. The evening golden hour in Glasgow lasts about 100 minutes in summer and 107 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.