Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Xining, China

In Xining, China the sun sets today, Saturday 26 September, at 19:04 and rises at 07:03. Daylight lasts 12h 0m; evening golden hour runs from 18:30 to 19:20.

Today, Saturday 26 September

First light
06:37
Sunrise
07:03
Solar noon
13:04
Sunset
19:04
Last light
19:30
Day length
12h 0m

19h 2m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
18:30 – 19:20
Blue hour
19:20 – 19:30
Max sun altitude
52.1°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
18:36 / 06:21

The sun sets at 269° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 27 September

Sunrise 07:04 Sunset 19:03 Golden hour 18:28 – 19:18 Day length 11h 58m vs today 2 minutes shorter

Where Xining is

Coordinates
36.6255° N, 101.7574° E
Time zone
Asia/Shanghai
Current offset
UTC+08:00
Elevation
2,275 m
Population
1,677,177

Sunrise and sunset in Xining, September 2026

September 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Tue 1 06:17 06:43 13:13 19:41 20:08 12h 58m −2:13 19:07–19:57 🌖 83%
Wed 2 06:18 06:44 13:12 19:40 20:06 12h 55m −2:14 19:06–19:56 🌖 74%
Thu 3 06:18 06:45 13:12 19:38 20:05 12h 53m −2:14 19:04–19:55 🌖 63%
Fri 4 06:19 06:46 13:12 19:37 20:03 12h 51m −2:15 19:03–19:53 🌗 52%
Sat 5 06:20 06:46 13:11 19:36 20:02 12h 49m −2:15 19:01–19:52 🌘 40%
Sun 6 06:21 06:47 13:11 19:34 20:00 12h 46m −2:15 19:00–19:50 🌘 29%
Mon 7 06:22 06:48 13:11 19:33 19:59 12h 44m −2:16 18:58–19:49 🌘 19%
Tue 8 06:23 06:49 13:10 19:31 19:57 12h 42m −2:16 18:57–19:47 🌘 11%
Wed 9 06:23 06:50 13:10 19:30 19:56 12h 40m −2:16 18:55–19:46 🌘 5%
Thu 10 06:24 06:50 13:10 19:28 19:54 12h 37m −2:17 18:54–19:44 🌘 1%
Fri 11 06:25 06:51 13:09 19:27 19:53 12h 35m −2:17 18:53–19:43 🌑 0%
Sat 12 06:26 06:52 13:09 19:25 19:51 12h 33m −2:17 18:51–19:41 🌒 2%
Sun 13 06:27 06:53 13:09 19:24 19:50 12h 30m −2:17 18:50–19:40 🌒 5%
Mon 14 06:28 06:54 13:08 19:22 19:48 12h 28m −2:18 18:48–19:38 🌒 11%
Tue 15 06:28 06:54 13:08 19:21 19:47 12h 26m −2:18 18:47–19:37 🌒 18%
Wed 16 06:29 06:55 13:07 19:19 19:45 12h 24m −2:18 18:45–19:35 🌒 26%
Thu 17 06:30 06:56 13:07 19:18 19:43 12h 21m −2:18 18:44–19:33 🌒 34%
Fri 18 06:31 06:57 13:07 19:16 19:42 12h 19m −2:18 18:42–19:32 🌒 44%
Sat 19 06:32 06:58 13:06 19:15 19:40 12h 17m −2:19 18:41–19:30 🌓 53%
Sun 20 06:33 06:58 13:06 19:13 19:39 12h 14m −2:19 18:39–19:29 🌔 62%
Mon 21 06:33 06:59 13:06 19:12 19:37 12h 12m −2:19 18:38–19:27 🌔 71%
Tue 22 06:34 07:00 13:05 19:10 19:36 12h 10m −2:19 18:36–19:26 🌔 79%
Wed 23 06:35 07:01 13:05 19:09 19:34 12h 7m −2:19 18:35–19:24 🌔 87%
Thu 24 06:36 07:02 13:05 19:07 19:33 12h 5m −2:19 18:33–19:23 🌔 93%
Fri 25 06:37 07:02 13:04 19:06 19:31 12h 3m −2:19 18:31–19:21 🌔 97%
Sat 26 06:37 07:03 13:04 19:04 19:30 12h 0m −2:19 18:30–19:20 🌔 100%
Sun 27 06:38 07:04 13:04 19:03 19:28 11h 58m −2:19 18:28–19:18 🌕 100%
Mon 28 06:39 07:05 13:03 19:01 19:27 11h 56m −2:19 18:27–19:17 🌖 98%
Tue 29 06:40 07:06 13:03 19:00 19:25 11h 53m −2:19 18:25–19:15 🌖 93%
Wed 30 06:41 07:06 13:03 18:58 19:24 11h 51m −2:19 18:24–19:14 🌖 86%
More columns for September 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
September 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Tue 1 05:13 05:45 06:43 19:41 20:39 21:11 11h 2m 61.6° 281° W
Wed 2 05:14 05:46 06:44 19:40 20:37 21:10 11h 4m 61.3° 280° W
Thu 3 05:15 05:47 06:45 19:38 20:36 21:08 11h 7m 60.9° 280° W
Fri 4 05:16 05:48 06:46 19:37 20:34 21:06 11h 9m 60.5° 279° W
Sat 5 05:17 05:49 06:46 19:36 20:33 21:05 11h 11m 60.2° 279° W
Sun 6 05:18 05:50 06:47 19:34 20:31 21:03 11h 13m 59.8° 279° W
Mon 7 05:19 05:51 06:48 19:33 20:30 21:01 11h 16m 59.4° 278° W
Tue 8 05:20 05:52 06:49 19:31 20:28 21:00 11h 18m 59.1° 278° W
Wed 9 05:21 05:53 06:50 19:30 20:26 20:58 11h 20m 58.7° 277° W
Thu 10 05:22 05:54 06:50 19:28 20:25 20:56 11h 23m 58.3° 277° W
Fri 11 05:23 05:54 06:51 19:27 20:23 20:55 11h 25m 57.9° 276° W
Sat 12 05:24 05:55 06:52 19:25 20:22 20:53 11h 27m 57.5° 276° W
Sun 13 05:25 05:56 06:53 19:24 20:20 20:51 11h 29m 57.2° 275° W
Mon 14 05:26 05:57 06:54 19:22 20:19 20:50 11h 32m 56.8° 275° W
Tue 15 05:27 05:58 06:54 19:21 20:17 20:48 11h 34m 56.4° 274° W
Wed 16 05:28 05:59 06:55 19:19 20:15 20:46 11h 36m 56.0° 274° W
Thu 17 05:29 06:00 06:56 19:18 20:14 20:45 11h 39m 55.6° 273° W
Fri 18 05:30 06:01 06:57 19:16 20:12 20:43 11h 41m 55.2° 273° W
Sat 19 05:31 06:01 06:58 19:15 20:11 20:41 11h 43m 54.8° 272° W
Sun 20 05:32 06:02 06:58 19:13 20:09 20:40 11h 46m 54.5° 272° W
Mon 21 05:32 06:03 06:59 19:12 20:08 20:38 11h 48m 54.1° 271° W
Tue 22 05:33 06:04 07:00 19:10 20:06 20:37 11h 50m 53.7° 271° W
Wed 23 05:34 06:05 07:01 19:09 20:04 20:35 11h 52m 53.3° 270° W
Thu 24 05:35 06:06 07:02 19:07 20:03 20:33 11h 55m 52.9° 270° W
Fri 25 05:36 06:06 07:02 19:06 20:01 20:32 11h 57m 52.5° 269° W
Sat 26 05:37 06:07 07:03 19:04 20:00 20:30 11h 59m 52.1° 269° W
Sun 27 05:38 06:08 07:04 19:03 19:58 20:29 12h 2m 51.7° 268° W
Mon 28 05:39 06:09 07:05 19:01 19:57 20:27 12h 4m 51.3° 268° W
Tue 29 05:40 06:10 07:06 19:00 19:55 20:25 12h 6m 51.0° 268° W
Wed 30 05:40 06:11 07:06 18:58 19:54 20:24 12h 9m 50.6° 267° W

October 2026

October 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Thu 1 06:42 07:07 13:02 18:57 19:22 11h 49m −2:19 18:22–19:12 🌖 77%
Fri 2 06:42 07:08 13:02 18:55 19:21 11h 47m −2:19 18:21–19:11 🌖 67%
Sat 3 06:43 07:09 13:02 18:54 19:19 11h 44m −2:18 18:19–19:09 🌗 55%
Sun 4 06:44 07:10 13:01 18:52 19:18 11h 42m −2:18 18:18–19:08 🌘 44%
Mon 5 06:45 07:11 13:01 18:51 19:17 11h 40m −2:18 18:16–19:07 🌘 32%
Tue 6 06:46 07:12 13:01 18:49 19:15 11h 37m −2:18 18:15–19:05 🌘 22%
Wed 7 06:47 07:12 13:00 18:48 19:14 11h 35m −2:18 18:13–19:04 🌘 13%
Thu 8 06:47 07:13 13:00 18:46 19:12 11h 33m −2:17 18:12–19:02 🌘 7%
Fri 9 06:48 07:14 13:00 18:45 19:11 11h 30m −2:17 18:10–19:01 🌘 2%
Sat 10 06:49 07:15 13:00 18:44 19:09 11h 28m −2:17 18:09–18:59 🌘 0%
Sun 11 06:50 07:16 12:59 18:42 19:08 11h 26m −2:17 18:08–18:58 🌑 1%
Mon 12 06:51 07:17 12:59 18:41 19:07 11h 24m −2:16 18:06–18:57 🌒 3%
Tue 13 06:52 07:18 12:59 18:39 19:05 11h 21m −2:16 18:05–18:55 🌒 7%
Wed 14 06:52 07:18 12:59 18:38 19:04 11h 19m −2:16 18:03–18:54 🌒 13%
Thu 15 06:53 07:19 12:58 18:37 19:03 11h 17m −2:15 18:02–18:53 🌒 20%
Fri 16 06:54 07:20 12:58 18:35 19:01 11h 15m −2:15 18:00–18:51 🌒 28%
Sat 17 06:55 07:21 12:58 18:34 19:00 11h 12m −2:14 17:59–18:50 🌒 36%
Sun 18 06:56 07:22 12:58 18:33 18:59 11h 10m −2:14 17:58–18:49 🌓 45%
Mon 19 06:57 07:23 12:57 18:31 18:58 11h 8m −2:13 17:56–18:47 🌔 55%
Tue 20 06:58 07:24 12:57 18:30 18:56 11h 6m −2:13 17:55–18:46 🌔 64%
Wed 21 06:59 07:25 12:57 18:29 18:55 11h 3m −2:12 17:54–18:45 🌔 73%
Thu 22 07:00 07:26 12:57 18:28 18:54 11h 1m −2:12 17:52–18:44 🌔 82%
Fri 23 07:00 07:27 12:57 18:26 18:53 10h 59m −2:11 17:51–18:43 🌔 89%
Sat 24 07:01 07:28 12:57 18:25 18:51 10h 57m −2:10 17:50–18:41 🌔 95%
Sun 25 07:02 07:29 12:57 18:24 18:50 10h 55m −2:10 17:48–18:40 🌔 98%
Mon 26 07:03 07:30 12:56 18:23 18:49 10h 53m −2:09 17:47–18:39 🌕 100%
Tue 27 07:04 07:31 12:56 18:22 18:48 10h 50m −2:08 17:46–18:38 🌖 99%
Wed 28 07:05 07:32 12:56 18:20 18:47 10h 48m −2:07 17:45–18:37 🌖 95%
Thu 29 07:06 07:33 12:56 18:19 18:46 10h 46m −2:06 17:43–18:36 🌖 89%
Fri 30 07:07 07:34 12:56 18:18 18:45 10h 44m −2:05 17:42–18:35 🌖 81%
Sat 31 07:08 07:35 12:56 18:17 18:44 10h 42m −2:04 17:41–18:34 🌖 71%

Longest and shortest day in Xining

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 3 months ago, with 14h 40m of daylight.

The shortest is 22 December 2026, in 3 months, with 9h 39m.

Between them the day length swings by 5h 0m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:56 on 6 December; the latest is 20:35 on 29 June. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 05:53 on 13 June to 08:25 on 6 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 10m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Xining different

Sitting on the western side of its time zone puts solar noon at 13:04, a full 64 minutes after twelve o'clock, and drags the whole day — sunrise, noon and sunset — along with it.

Sunset here is followed by about 26 minutes of usable light before civil twilight ends — almost exactly the 24-minute median across the cities tracked here.

Photographers get 50 minutes of golden light this evening, roughly 1.3× the 40 minutes available at the equator on the same date.

Between solstices the sunset walks 59° across the horizon — WSW in midwinter, WNW in midsummer — which is why a fixed viewpoint works only part of the year. Today's bearing is W.

Sunset drifts 89 seconds earlier each day this month — 43 minutes from the first of September to the last.

Elevation matters at 2,275 m. The visible horizon drops 1.65°, pushing sunset 8.2 minutes later and sunrise the same amount earlier than a sea-level observer would see.

Planning a sunset photo in Xining

Arrive by 18:15. Golden hour opens at 18:30 and the sun is down by 19:04, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 269° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 19:20 and runs to 19:30, the end of civil twilight and 25m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Xining — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Xining today?

The sun sets in Xining at 19:04 today, Saturday 26 September 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Xining?

It takes 25m. Civil twilight ends at 19:30 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Xining?

Evening golden hour runs 18:30 to 19:20 today, lasting 49m. Full golden hour times for Xining covers the morning window and the coming week.

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