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Daylight hours in Birmingham

Birmingham gets 16h 50m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 7h 39m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 9h 11m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Birmingham through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (16h 50m) and shortest on December 21 (7h 39m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Local time, including daylight saving time where Birmingham observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.

Key days

Longest day16h 50mJune 21 · 04:45–21:35
Shortest day7h 39mDecember 21 · 08:17–15:56
March equinox12h 09mMarch 20 · 06:12–18:20
Fastest change+4.1 min/dayaround March 18

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Birmingham on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 108:1916:047h 45m
February 107:5016:539h 03m
March 106:5617:4610h 51m
April 106:4319:4112h 58m
May 105:3720:3314h 56m
June 104:5221:2116h 28m
July 104:5021:3416h 45m
August 105:2821:0215h 34m
September 106:1919:5813h 39m
October 107:0918:4711h 38m
November 107:0416:409h 36m
December 107:5615:598h 03m

Cities with similar daylight

These cities sit within 3° of Birmingham’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:

Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Birmingham’s are shortest:

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