Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Kirkwall

Sunrise in Kirkwall today is at 04:09:52 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 10:10:54 PM, giving Kirkwall 18h 1min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 02:53:45 AM and ends at 11:28:00 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Kirkwall or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Kirkwall. Get a full year of light data with the printable Kirkwall Photography Planner 2026.

Kirkwall lies in the temperate zone at 59.0° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Kirkwall receives 18.5 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 03:59 AM and sunset at 10:28 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 6.2 hours — a difference of 12.3 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 20 at 03:58, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 22:28. The evening golden hour in Kirkwall lasts about 121 minutes in summer and 139 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.