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Daylight hours in New Delhi

New Delhi gets 13h 58m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 10h 19m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 3h 39m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in New Delhi through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (13h 58m) and shortest on December 21 (10h 19m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Key days

Longest day13h 58mJune 21 · 05:24–19:23
Shortest day10h 19mDecember 21 · 07:10–17:29
March equinox12h 06mMarch 20 · 06:26–18:33
Fastest change+1.7 min/dayaround March 19

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in New Delhi on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 107:1517:3610h 21m
February 107:1018:0010h 50m
March 106:4818:2111h 34m
April 106:1218:3912h 27m
May 105:4118:5613h 15m
June 105:2519:1513h 50m
July 105:2719:2413h 57m
August 105:4319:1313h 30m
September 106:0018:4512h 45m
October 106:1418:0911h 54m
November 106:3317:3711h 04m
December 106:5717:2510h 28m

Cities with similar daylight

These cities sit within 3° of New Delhi’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 New Delhi’s are shortest:

More: all cities between 20°–30° North · compare New Delhi with any city