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Daylight hours in Kabul

Kabul gets 14h 27m of daylight on its longest day in June, and 9h 52m on its shortest in December — a difference of 4h 36m across the year.

How fast the days change

Around 17 March, Kabul gains or loses about 2.2 minutes of daylight every day.

Enough to notice over a fortnight, though the seasons arrive more gently here than further from the equator.

Sunrise and sunset by month

On the 15th of each month, in Asia/Kabul local time, daylight saving included.

MonthSunriseSunsetDaylightSolar noon
January 06:59 17:05 10h 06m 12:02
February 06:38 17:36 10h 57m 12:07
March 06:03 18:00 11h 57m 12:02
April 05:21 18:24 13h 03m 11:53
May 04:50 18:48 13h 58m 11:49
June 04:40 19:07 14h 27m 11:53
July 04:51 19:06 14h 15m 11:59
August 05:14 18:41 13h 28m 11:57
September 05:36 18:00 12h 25m 11:48
October 05:58 17:19 11h 21m 11:39
November 06:26 16:48 10h 22m 11:37
December 06:52 16:44 9h 52m 11:48

Solstices and equinoxes

DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
March equinox 20 Mar 05:57 18:04 12h 07m
June solstice 21 Jun 04:41 19:09 14h 28m
September equinox 22 Sep 05:41 17:50 12h 10m
December solstice 21 Dec 06:56 16:46 9h 50m

The equinoxes give almost exactly twelve hours of daylight everywhere on earth — "almost" because sunrise is defined by the sun's upper edge rather than its centre, and the atmosphere bends its light over the horizon before it has really arrived. Both lengthen the day by a few minutes.

Other cities in Afghanistan

Assumptions

  • Sea-level horizon. Hills, mountains and buildings all delay sunrise and bring sunset forward, sometimes by a lot in a valley.
  • Standard refraction. Sunrise is taken at −0.833°, allowing for the sun's disc and average atmospheric bending. Unusual air conditions shift it by a minute or two.
  • Local clock time, with daylight saving applied from the IANA timezone database.

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