How far it swings
The latest sunrise of the year in a few major cities, to show the scale:
| City | Latest sunrise | Month |
|---|---|---|
| London | 08:00 | January |
| New York City | 07:19 | January |
| Los Angeles | 07:04 | March |
| Chicago | 07:16 | January |
| San Francisco | 07:25 | January |
| Toronto | 07:49 | January |
Major cities
Thousands of cities are covered — start with the majors below, and each city page links to others nearby.
United Kingdom
United States
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Peru
Colombia
Chile
France
The Netherlands
Belgium
Portugal
Austria
Czechia
Poland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Finland
Ireland
Iceland
Greece
Hungary
Romania
Ukraine
Russia
Turkey
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Kenya
Nigeria
South Africa
Morocco
South Korea
China
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Singapore
Thailand
Malaysia
Indonesia
Philippines
Vietnam
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
Nepal
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ivory Coast
Why this is a biology problem, not a willpower problem
Light hitting receptors in your eyes reports to the master clock in your brain, ending melatonin production and starting the cortisol rise that produces the feeling of being awake. On a dark morning the signal never arrives, so you are asking a sleeping body to behave like an awake one. Practical fixes: waking up when it is still dark, how light exposure fixes a schedule. See also sunset times, hours of daylight, time differences and the sleep calculator.
Famous places
The same sunrise story, at the places people travel to see it — parks, peaks, beaches and canyons.
- Bondi Beach
- Uluru
- Copacabana Beach
- Banff National Park
- Jasper National Park
- Cliffs of Moher
- Etosha National Park
- Milford Sound
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Monument Valley
- Death Valley National Park
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Yosemite National Park
- Bryce Canyon
- Rocky Mountain National Park
- Mount Rushmore
- Waikīkī Beach
- Waimea Canyon
- Mauna Kea
- Grand Canyon
- Denali National Park
- Antelope Canyon
- Angel Falls
- Kruger National Park
- Mount Everest
- White House
- Cape of Good Hope
- Denali
- Kilimanjaro
- Cape Horn
- Mount Kosciuszko
- Mont Blanc
- Niagara Falls
- Yellowstone National Park
- Aoraki / Mount Cook
- Mount Aragats
- Mount Kenya
- Montagne Pelée
- Mojave Desert
- Gora Belukha
- Gora Kazbek
- Mammoth Cave National Park
- Devils Tower
- Kakadu National Park
- Puncak Jaya
- K2
- Mount Saint Elias
- Cataratas del Iguazú
- Cho Oyu
- Lhotse
- Table Mountain
- Matterhorn
- Mount Whitney
- Mount Shasta
- Mount Logan
- Nanga Parbat
- Mount Kinabalu
- Gongga Shan
- Mount Olympus
- Negev
- Gerlachovský štít
- Bryce Canyon National Park
- Victoria Falls
- Rock of Gibraltar
- Rheinfall
- Chimborazo
- Everglades National Park
- Mount Rainier
- Mount Fairweather
- Glacier National Park
- Arches National Park
- Maunakea
- Hyangjŏk-san
- Sněžka
- Cerro Fitzroy
- Zion National Park
- Maunaloa
- Gora Shkhara
- Ponta do Pico
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Mount Katahdin
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park
- Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
- Kūh-e Qūch
- Ağrı Dağı
- Zugspitze
- Jog Falls (Gersoppa)
- Mount Mitchell
- Mount Olympus
- Kongur Shan
- Central Park
- Hasan Dağı
- Triglav
- Musala
- Kānchenjunga
- Awatovi
- Half Dome
- Mys Arkticheskiy
- Emei Shan
- Kepi i Gjuhëzës
All cities by country
Over 34,000 cities are covered — the largest per country below; every city page links onward to its neighbours.