Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Leuven

Sunrise in Leuven today is at 05:30:01 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:50:16 PM, giving Leuven 16h 20min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:44:01 AM and ends at 10:36:25 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Leuven or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Leuven. Get a full year of light data with the printable Leuven Photography Planner 2026.

Leuven lies in the temperate zone at 50.9° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Leuven receives 16.5 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 05:27 AM and sunset at 09:58 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.9 hours — a difference of 8.6 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 05:27, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:58. The evening golden hour in Leuven lasts about 80 minutes in summer and 84 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.