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Taipei sunrise and sunset times (25.03°N, 121.51°E)

Monthly tables for 2027 + late 2026 · UTC+8 (Taiwan Standard Time) · Last verified: 2026-11-16

Taipei at 25°N runs a few minutes of extra daylight either side of Hong Kong's schedule in summer, and a touch less in winter, but the bigger story for shooters is the basin: the city is ringed by the Datun and Qixing volcanics to the north, so the calculated horizon from street level can be minutes earlier for sunset than a sea-level table shows. The riverside parks along the Tamsui give the truest horizon.

Elephant Mountain at dusk, blue hour over Taipei 101, morning light rolling down the Keelung River — the tables below give you the sea-level timing skeleton for all of it. The calculator covers any individual date.

How to read these tables

  • Sunrise / sunset are the moments the sun’s upper edge crosses a sea-level horizon (includes standard refraction, exactly like official almanacs).
  • Golden hour = sun centre between −4° and +6° elevation; blue hour = −6° to −4°. These bands are conventions, not physical constants — definitions vary.
  • Taiwan does not observe daylight saving time — all times are CST (UTC+8) year-round.

Computed by our NOAA-formula engine; spot-validated against the official Central Weather Administration 2026 Taipei table — Last verified: 2026-11-16.

Rest of 2026 — quick reference

Rest of 2026 — selected dates around launch
DateSunriseSolar noonSunsetGolden hour PM
Nov 16, 202606:1111:3917:0616:33–17:21
Nov 30, 202606:2111:4217:0416:30–17:19
Dec 15, 202606:3111:4917:0716:33–17:22
Dec 31, 202606:3911:5717:1516:41–17:30

2027 month-by-month: sunrise, solar noon, sunset

2027 — computed for 25.03°, 121.51° (UTC+8 (Taiwan Standard Time), no DST); sunrise/sunset to the nearest minute
MonthDaySunriseSolar noonSunsetDay length
January106:3911:5717:1610h37m
1506:4112:0317:2610h45m
February106:3712:0717:3811h01m
1506:2912:0817:4811h19m
March106:1712:0617:5611h38m
1506:0412:0318:0311h59m
April105:4611:5818:1012h24m
1505:3211:5418:1612h44m
May105:1911:5118:2413h05m
1505:1011:5018:3113h21m
June105:0411:5218:3913h35m
1505:0411:5418:4513h41m
July105:0811:5818:4813h40m
1505:1312:0018:4613h33m
August105:2112:0018:3913h18m
1505:2811:5918:2913h02m
September105:3511:5418:1312h39m
1505:4011:5017:5912h19m
October105:4611:4417:4111h56m
1505:5211:4017:2811h36m
November106:0111:3817:1411h13m
1506:1011:3817:0610h56m
December106:2211:4317:0410h42m
1506:3111:4917:0710h36m

2027 light windows: golden hour and blue hour

2027, 1st of each month — golden hour = sun −4°…+6°, blue hour = sun −6°…−4° (conventions vary; see golden hour / blue hour guides)
MonthBlue hour AMGolden hour AMCivil dawnCivil duskGolden hour PMBlue hour PM
January06:14–06:2406:24–07:1306:14–06:3917:16–17:4116:42–17:3117:31–17:41
February06:13–06:2206:22–07:0906:13–06:3717:38–18:0217:06–17:5317:53–18:02
March05:54–06:0306:03–06:4805:54–06:1717:56–18:1917:25–18:1018:10–18:19
April05:23–05:3205:32–06:1605:23–05:4618:10–18:3317:40–18:2418:24–18:33
May04:55–05:0405:04–05:5004:55–05:1918:24–18:4817:53–18:3918:39–18:48
June04:39–04:4904:49–05:3704:39–05:0418:39–19:0518:07–18:5518:55–19:05
July04:42–04:5204:52–05:4104:42–05:0818:48–19:1418:15–19:0419:04–19:14
August04:57–05:0605:06–05:5304:57–05:2118:39–19:0418:07–18:5418:54–19:04
September05:11–05:2005:20–06:0505:11–05:3518:13–18:3717:43–18:2818:28–18:37
October05:23–05:3205:32–06:1605:23–05:4617:41–18:0417:11–17:5517:55–18:04
November05:37–05:4605:46–06:3305:37–06:0117:14–17:3716:42–17:2817:28–17:37
December05:57–06:0606:06–06:5505:57–06:2217:04–17:2916:30–17:1917:19–17:29

Extremes for Taipei (2027)

Validation: our engine vs the Central Weather Administration

Taiwan’s CWA publishes a full-year official sunrise/sunset table for Taipei. Here is every 2026 date we spot-checked against it (tolerance target ±3 minutes):

Spot-check: engine output vs officially published values (minutes; “—” = cell not verified)
Date 2026SunriseSunset
OfficialEngineΔOfficialEngineΔ
2026-03-2006:2806:28+0m18:3618:34−2m
2026-06-2105:4005:40+0m19:1019:10+0m
2026-09-2306:1306:12−1m18:1918:19+0m
2026-12-2106:5806:58+0m17:4417:44+0m
2026-03-0106:4506:45+0m18:2418:27+3m
2026-03-3106:1706:17+0m18:3818:38+0m
2026-09-3006:1406:14+0m18:1218:12+0m
2026-12-0106:4606:46+0m17:3817:38+0m
2026-12-3107:0207:02+0mnull17:50—
2026-03-2005:5805:58+0m18:0518:05+0m
2026-06-2105:0505:05+0m18:4718:47+0m
2026-09-2305:4305:43+0m17:5017:50+0m
2026-12-2106:3406:34+0m17:0917:09+0m
2026-01-0106:3906:39+0m17:1617:16+0m
2026-07-0405:0905:09+0m18:4818:48+0m
2026-10-1005:5005:50+0m17:3217:32+0m
2026-12-1006:2806:28+0m17:0517:05+0m

Taipei sun FAQ

What time is sunrise in Taipei at the summer solstice?

On 21 June 2027 the sun rises at 05:05 and sets at 18:47 local time (UTC+8), with solar noon at 11:56 and the sun reaching 88.4° above the horizon. Day length is 13h42m.

When are the earliest and latest sunrises in Taipei?

Scanning all of 2027 with our engine: the earliest sunrise is May 31 (05:04) and the latest is January 9 (06:41). The longest day of the year is June 18 (13h42m) and the shortest is December 17 (10h35m).

How long is golden hour in Taipei?

It depends on the season. Using the −4° to +6° elevation band, the evening golden hour lasts about 49 minutes around the June solstice and about 50 minutes around the December solstice — the shallower the sun's path, the longer the golden light. See golden hour explained for why.

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