Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Leicester

Sunrise in Leicester today is at 05:01:00 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:02:05 PM, giving Leicester 16h 1min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:15:36 AM and ends at 09:47:47 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Leicester or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Leicester. Get a full year of light data with the printable Leicester Photography Planner 2026.

Leicester lies in the temperate zone at 52.6° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Leicester receives 16.8 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:40 AM and sunset at 09:31 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.6 hours — a difference of 9.2 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 04:40, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:32. The evening golden hour in Leicester lasts about 86 minutes in summer and 90 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.