Sunrise Today in Glasgow, United Kingdom
Time and Sun Facts for Glasgow
- Local time
- 12:18 am
- Date
- Sunday, 25 October 2026
- Time zone
Europe/London- UTC offset
- UTC+1
- Daylight saving
- In effect now
- Next clock change
- 25 October 2026 — clocks go back
- Sunrise
- 8:06 am
- Sunset
- 5:55 pm
- Day length
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Coordinates
- 55.86, -4.25
Sunrise in Glasgow
The sun rises in Glasgow at 8:06 am today and sets at 5:55 pm, giving 9 hours 49 minutes of daylight.
Civil twilight begins at 7:28 am and ends at 6:33 pm, while solar noon is 1:01 pm. The calculation uses 55.86, -4.25 for Glasgow and displays the result in Europe/London.
| Solar event | Morning | Evening |
|---|---|---|
| Civil twilight (sun 6° below horizon) | 7:28 am | 6:33 pm |
| Nautical twilight (12°) | 6:45 am | 7:17 pm |
| Astronomical twilight (18°) | 6:02 am | 7:59 pm |
Compared with today, tomorrow’s sunrise is about 1442 minutes later and sunset is about 1438 minutes later. Total daylight therefore changes by about 4 minutes.
The model assumes an ideal horizon and cannot see a local ridge, skyline or viewing elevation. The calculation notes explain those limits.
Questions People Ask
Why does sunrise vary so much through the year in Glasgow?
Glasgow is at 55.9° latitude, where seasonal changes in day length are large.
Will the displayed sunrise time jump when Glasgow changes its clocks?
Yes on the civil clock. The solar event changes continuously, while the printed clock label moves when the time zone changes offset.
More on the Sun Where You are
sunrise times in Glasgow has its own page so it can be linked to directly. world clock time is the way in to everywhere else on the site.