Sunrise and sunset in Sunch’ŏn, North Korea

Today, Wednesday, 28 October 2026, the sun rises at 07:00 and sets at 17:42 in Sunch’ŏn (GMT+9): 10 h 41 min of daylight, 2 min 22 s shorter than yesterday. At its highest, at 12:21, it is 37.6° above the horizon.

Sunrise: 07:00
Sunset: 17:42
Solar noon: 12:21, 37.6° high
Day length: 10 h 41 min
Golden hour: 07:00–07:37 and 17:04–17:42
Blue hour: 06:22–06:43 and 17:59–18:20

See the sun’s path over Sunch’ŏn on the map → with its shadow, the analemma and the view from the street.

Twilight today

	Morning	Evening
Astronomical twilight	05:30–06:01	18:41–19:12
Nautical twilight	06:01–06:32	18:09–18:41
Civil twilight	06:32–07:00	17:42–18:09

Sunrise and sunset in Sunch’ŏn through the year

1st of	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Sun at noon
January	07:57	17:23	9 h 26 min	27.5°
February	07:45	17:56	10 h 11 min	33.3°
March	07:11	18:28	11 h 17 min	42.8°
April	06:22	19:00	12 h 37 min	54.9°
May	05:39	19:29	13 h 50 min	65.5°
June	05:12	19:57	14 h 45 min	72.6°
July	05:13	20:08	14 h 54 min	73.7°
August	05:36	19:51	14 h 14 min	68.7°
September	06:05	19:10	13 h 05 min	59°
October	06:32	18:21	11 h 48 min	47.6°
November	07:04	17:37	10 h 32 min	36.3°
December	07:38	17:14	9 h 36 min	28.8°

Times are local, daylight saving included, for the 1st of each month this year.

Next solar eclipses seen from Sunch’ŏn

Saturday, 1 June 2030: 66% of the sun covered at 16:55 (annular eclipse)
Wednesday, 3 November 2032: 50% of the sun covered at 15:13 (partial eclipse)
Sunday, 2 September 2035: total here, at 09:44 (total eclipse)

Places near Sunch’ŏn

What the times mean

Sunrise and sunset are when the top of the sun’s disc touches the horizon, with the usual allowance for refraction. Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight end when the sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below the horizon. Golden hour is the low, warm light while the sun is under 6° high; blue hour, the deep blue while it is 4° to 8° below. All are for 39.4317°, 125.9328° at sea level, in the Asia/Pyongyang time zone.