Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Sunderland

Sunrise in Sunderland today is at 05:00:36 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:04:20 PM, giving Sunderland 16h 3min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:12:43 AM and ends at 09:52:37 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Sunderland or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Sunderland. Get a full year of light data with the printable Sunderland Photography Planner 2026.

Sunderland lies in the temperate zone at 54.9° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Sunderland receives 17.3 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:27 AM and sunset at 09:47 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.2 hours — a difference of 10.2 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 20 at 04:27, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:47. The evening golden hour in Sunderland lasts about 95 minutes in summer and 101 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.