Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Kiel

Sunrise in Kiel today is at 05:42:05 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:07:12 PM, giving Kiel 15h 25min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:57:59 AM and ends at 09:50:59 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Kiel or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Kiel. Get a full year of light data with the printable Kiel Photography Planner 2026.

Kiel lies in the temperate zone at 54.3° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Kiel receives 17.2 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:45 AM and sunset at 09:57 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.3 hours — a difference of 9.9 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 20 at 04:44, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:57. The evening golden hour in Kiel lasts about 92 minutes in summer and 98 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.