Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Magdeburg

Sunrise in Magdeburg today is at 05:12:21 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:08:36 PM, giving Magdeburg 15h 56min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:27:52 AM and ends at 09:53:22 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Magdeburg or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Magdeburg. Get a full year of light data with the printable Magdeburg Photography Planner 2026.

Magdeburg lies in the temperate zone at 52.1° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Magdeburg receives 16.7 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:52 AM and sunset at 09:37 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.7 hours — a difference of 9.0 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 04:52, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:38. The evening golden hour in Magdeburg lasts about 84 minutes in summer and 88 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.