Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Hackney

Sunrise in Hackney today is at 05:16:29 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 08:37:46 PM, giving Hackney 15h 21min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:35:28 AM and ends at 09:19:03 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Hackney or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Hackney. Get a full year of light data with the printable Hackney Photography Planner 2026.

Hackney lies in the temperate zone at 51.5° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Hackney receives 16.6 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:42 AM and sunset at 09:21 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.8 hours — a difference of 8.8 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 04:42, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:21. The evening golden hour in Hackney lasts about 82 minutes in summer and 86 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.