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Daylight hours in Manchester

Manchester gets 17h 02m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 7h 28m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 9h 34m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Manchester through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (17h 02m) and shortest on December 21 (7h 28m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Key days

Longest day17h 02mJune 21 · 04:40–21:42
Shortest day7h 28mDecember 21 · 08:24–15:52
March equinox12h 09mMarch 20 · 06:13–18:22
Fastest change+4.3 min/dayaround March 18

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Manchester on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 108:2616:007h 35m
February 107:5516:518h 56m
March 106:5817:4610h 48m
April 106:4419:4413h 00m
May 105:3520:3815h 03m
June 104:4821:2816h 40m
July 104:4521:4216h 57m
August 105:2521:0715h 42m
September 106:1920:0213h 43m
October 107:1118:4811h 37m
November 107:0816:389h 30m
December 108:0215:557h 53m

Cities with similar daylight

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

More: all cities between 50°–60° North · compare Manchester with any city