Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Peterhead

Sunrise in Peterhead today is at 04:19:54 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:50:47 PM, giving Peterhead 17h 30min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 03:15:03 AM and ends at 10:56:17 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Peterhead or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Peterhead. Get a full year of light data with the printable Peterhead Photography Planner 2026.

Peterhead lies in the temperate zone at 57.5° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Peterhead receives 18.0 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:08 AM and sunset at 10:09 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 6.6 hours — a difference of 11.4 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 20 at 04:08, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 22:09. The evening golden hour in Peterhead lasts about 109 minutes in summer and 121 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.