Belgium Real-time Astronomical Calculations

7-Day Outlook

Next 7 Days Sunrise & Sunset Forecast for Belgium

Automatic daily forecast calculated for this location. Times update with your selected date.

Date Sunrise Sunset Solar Noon Day Length Golden Hour (Eve)
City Breakdown

Major Cities in Belgium

Brussels

Belgium • Brussels-Capital Region

Belgium's capital blends historic Grand-Place architecture with late summer dusk and soft blue-hour light across the European Quarter.

Antwerp

Belgium • Flanders

Check sunrise and sunset times in Antwerp, Belgium today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 51.2194°, 4.4025° (Europe/Brussels). Popular places to watch the sun include Scheldt River Promenade, MAS Museum Rooftop, Stadspark. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Ghent

Belgium • Flanders

Check sunrise and sunset times in Ghent, Belgium today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 51.0543°, 3.7174° (Europe/Brussels). Popular places to watch the sun include Graslei, Saint Michael's Bridge, Citadelpark. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Bruges

Belgium • Flanders

Check sunrise and sunset times in Bruges, Belgium today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 51.2093°, 3.2247° (Europe/Brussels). Popular places to watch the sun include Rozenhoedkaai, Minnewater Lake, Belfry Tower. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Liège

Belgium • Wallonia

Check sunrise and sunset times in Liège, Belgium today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 50.6326°, 5.5797° (Europe/Brussels). Popular places to watch the sun include Coteaux de la Citadelle, Meuse River Boulevard, Parc de la Boverie. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Charleroi

Belgium • Wallonia

Check sunrise and sunset times in Charleroi, Belgium today — plus day length, solar noon, golden hour, blue hour, and twilight at 50.4108°, 4.4446° (Europe/Brussels). Popular places to watch the sun include Sambre River Quays, Rive Gauche Park, Bascule Bridge Area. Browse the full-month sun calendar for day-by-day planning.

Belgium Cities — Today's Sunrise & Sunset Times

Today's sunrise, sunset, and day length for all 10 cities in Belgium on this site, computed with NOAA/Meeus solar algorithms and each city's local timezone.

CitySunriseSunsetDay Length
Brussels (Brussels-Capital Region)
Antwerp (Flanders)
Ghent (Flanders)
Bruges (Flanders)
Liège (Wallonia)
Charleroi (Wallonia)
Leuven (Flanders)
Namur (Wallonia)
Mons (Wallonia)
Ostend (Flanders)

Solar & Astronomical Facts About Belgium

  • 1Brussels summer sunsets often occur after 9:50 PM CEST during mid-June.
  • 2The Belgian coast at Ostend and Knokke offers unobstructed North Sea sunset horizons.
  • 3Belgium uses Central European Time with daylight saving (CET/CEST), same as neighboring Netherlands and France.

How Seasons Change Sunrise & Sunset in Belgium

Belgium follows the northern seasonal clock: longest days around 21 June, shortest around 21 December. At the Brussels reference in 2026, June 21 sunrise is 05:28 AM and sunset 10:00 PM (16h 32m); December 21 is 08:42 AM / 04:38 PM (7h 56m).

Belgium observes Daylight Saving Time, so printed sunrise and sunset jump by an hour when the offset changes — on top of the Sun's real seasonal motion.

Listed cities share one civil timezone, but they still span about 3° of longitude (~11 minutes of true solar time). On 21 June, Liège sunrise is 05:25 AM while Ostend is 05:32 AM on the same clock.

Belgium is small: Brussels, Bruges, and Liège share one clock and almost the same day length. Seasonal drama comes from 50°N plus CEST, not from east–west span.

Ostend’s North Sea horizon is the clean sunset; inland cities trade that for haze and rooftops. The capital widget is close enough for minutes, not for the view.

2026 Solstice Snapshot — Cities in Belgium

Official sunrise and sunset (upper limb on a flat horizon) on 21 June (northern summer) and 21 December (northern winter), each city’s local timezone. Sorted east to west. Open a city page for the live calendar, azimuth, and golden hour.

City Timezone 21 Jun sunrise 21 Jun sunset Jun day 21 Dec sunrise 21 Dec sunset Dec day
Liège Europe/Brussels 05:25 AM 09:53 PM 16h 28m 08:36 AM 04:34 PM 7h 58m
Namur Europe/Brussels 05:28 AM 09:55 PM 16h 27m 08:38 AM 04:38 PM 8h 0m
Leuven Europe/Brussels 05:27 AM 09:58 PM 16h 31m 08:40 AM 04:36 PM 7h 56m
Charleroi Europe/Brussels 05:30 AM 09:57 PM 16h 27m 08:39 AM 04:40 PM 8h 1m
Antwerp Europe/Brussels 05:26 AM 10:01 PM 16h 35m 08:43 AM 04:36 PM 7h 53m
Brussels Europe/Brussels 05:28 AM 10:00 PM 16h 32m 08:42 AM 04:38 PM 7h 56m
Mons Europe/Brussels 05:32 AM 09:59 PM 16h 27m 08:41 AM 04:41 PM 8h 0m
Ghent Europe/Brussels 05:30 AM 10:03 PM 16h 33m 08:45 AM 04:39 PM 7h 54m
Bruges Europe/Brussels 05:31 AM 10:06 PM 16h 35m 08:48 AM 04:41 PM 7h 53m
Ostend Europe/Brussels 05:32 AM 10:07 PM 16h 35m 08:49 AM 04:42 PM 7h 53m

At the Brussels reference in 2026, the longest civil day is Jun 21, 2026 (16h 32m 0s) and the shortest is Dec 20, 2026 (7h 56m 0s). Earliest sunrise and latest sunset often miss the solstice by a few days because of the Equation of Time.

Use this page for today’s times across Belgium and a 7-day forecast. Times in the widget are computed for the capital reference (Brussels) in Europe/Brussels. The month calendar below adds azimuth, twilight, golden hour, and blue hour. City pages pick up longitude-specific clock shifts and popular viewpoints.

Full Month Sun Calendar

Brussels Sun Times — September 2026

Day-by-day sunrise, sunset, compass azimuth, day-length change, civil/nautical/astronomical twilight, golden hour, blue hour, and solar noon for Brussels in Europe/Brussels. Times use NOAA/Meeus algorithms with standard atmospheric refraction (zenith 90.833°). Scroll sideways for photography and twilight columns, or use the arrows to browse other months.

Date Sunrise Sunset Day Length Diff Solar Noon Civil Nautical Astronomical Golden hour Blue hour
Time Azimuth Time Azimuth Dawn Dusk Dawn Dusk Dawn Dusk Morning Evening Morning Evening
Tue, Sep 106:56 AM76° ENE08:30 PM284° WNW13h 34m 0s—01:43 PM06:21 AM09:04 PM05:39 AM09:46 PM04:53 AM10:32 PM06:35 AM – 07:40 AM07:46 PM – 08:51 PM06:08 AM – 06:35 AM08:51 PM – 09:18 PM
Wed, Sep 206:57 AM76° ENE08:27 PM283° WNW13h 30m 0s−4m 0s01:42 PM06:23 AM09:02 PM05:41 AM09:44 PM04:55 AM10:30 PM06:36 AM – 07:41 AM07:44 PM – 08:48 PM06:09 AM – 06:36 AM08:48 PM – 09:15 PM
Thu, Sep 306:59 AM77° ENE08:25 PM283° WNW13h 26m 0s−4m 0s01:42 PM06:25 AM08:59 PM05:43 AM09:41 PM04:57 AM10:27 PM06:38 AM – 07:43 AM07:41 PM – 08:46 PM06:11 AM – 06:38 AM08:46 PM – 09:13 PM
Fri, Sep 407:00 AM77° ENE08:23 PM282° WNW13h 23m 0s−3m 0s01:41 PM06:26 AM08:57 PM05:45 AM09:39 PM05:00 AM10:24 PM06:40 AM – 07:44 AM07:39 PM – 08:44 PM06:13 AM – 06:40 AM08:44 PM – 09:11 PM
Sat, Sep 507:02 AM78° ENE08:21 PM282° WNW13h 19m 0s−4m 0s01:41 PM06:28 AM08:55 PM05:47 AM09:36 PM05:02 AM10:21 PM06:41 AM – 07:46 AM07:37 PM – 08:42 PM06:14 AM – 06:41 AM08:42 PM – 09:08 PM
Sun, Sep 607:03 AM79° ENE08:19 PM281° W13h 16m 0s−3m 0s01:41 PM06:30 AM08:53 PM05:49 AM09:34 PM05:04 AM10:18 PM06:43 AM – 07:47 AM07:35 PM – 08:39 PM06:16 AM – 06:43 AM08:39 PM – 09:06 PM
Mon, Sep 707:05 AM79° E08:17 PM281° W13h 12m 0s−4m 0s01:41 PM06:31 AM08:50 PM05:50 AM09:31 PM05:06 AM10:15 PM06:44 AM – 07:49 AM07:33 PM – 08:37 PM06:18 AM – 06:44 AM08:37 PM – 09:04 PM
Tue, Sep 807:07 AM80° E08:14 PM280° W13h 7m 0s−5m 0s01:40 PM06:33 AM08:48 PM05:52 AM09:29 PM05:08 AM10:13 PM06:46 AM – 07:50 AM07:31 PM – 08:35 PM06:20 AM – 06:46 AM08:35 PM – 09:01 PM
Wed, Sep 907:08 AM80° E08:12 PM279° W13h 4m 0s−3m 0s01:40 PM06:35 AM08:46 PM05:54 AM09:26 PM05:10 AM10:10 PM06:48 AM – 07:52 AM07:29 PM – 08:33 PM06:21 AM – 06:48 AM08:33 PM – 08:59 PM
Thu, Sep 1007:10 AM81° E08:10 PM279° W13h 0m 0s−4m 0s01:40 PM06:36 AM08:43 PM05:56 AM09:24 PM05:13 AM10:07 PM06:49 AM – 07:53 AM07:26 PM – 08:30 PM06:23 AM – 06:49 AM08:30 PM – 08:57 PM
Fri, Sep 1107:11 AM82° E08:08 PM278° W12h 57m 0s−3m 0s01:39 PM06:38 AM08:41 PM05:58 AM09:21 PM05:15 AM10:04 PM06:51 AM – 07:55 AM07:24 PM – 08:28 PM06:25 AM – 06:51 AM08:28 PM – 08:54 PM
Sat, Sep 1207:13 AM82° E08:05 PM278° W12h 52m 0s−5m 0s01:39 PM06:39 AM08:39 PM05:59 AM09:19 PM05:17 AM10:02 PM06:52 AM – 07:56 AM07:22 PM – 08:26 PM06:26 AM – 06:52 AM08:26 PM – 08:52 PM
Sun, Sep 1307:14 AM83° E08:03 PM277° W12h 49m 0s−3m 0s01:38 PM06:41 AM08:36 PM06:01 AM09:16 PM05:19 AM09:59 PM06:54 AM – 07:58 AM07:20 PM – 08:23 PM06:28 AM – 06:54 AM08:23 PM – 08:50 PM
Mon, Sep 1407:16 AM83° E08:01 PM276° W12h 45m 0s−4m 0s01:38 PM06:43 AM08:34 PM06:03 AM09:14 PM05:21 AM09:56 PM06:56 AM – 07:59 AM07:18 PM – 08:21 PM06:30 AM – 06:56 AM08:21 PM – 08:47 PM
Tue, Sep 1507:17 AM84° E07:59 PM276° W12h 42m 0s−3m 0s01:38 PM06:44 AM08:32 PM06:05 AM09:11 PM05:23 AM09:53 PM06:57 AM – 08:01 AM07:15 PM – 08:19 PM06:31 AM – 06:57 AM08:19 PM – 08:45 PM
Wed, Sep 1607:19 AM85° E07:56 PM275° W12h 37m 0s−5m 0s01:37 PM06:46 AM08:30 PM06:06 AM09:09 PM05:25 AM09:51 PM06:59 AM – 08:02 AM07:13 PM – 08:17 PM06:33 AM – 06:59 AM08:17 PM – 08:43 PM
Thu, Sep 1707:21 AM85° E07:54 PM275° W12h 33m 0s−4m 0s01:37 PM06:48 AM08:27 PM06:08 AM09:07 PM05:27 AM09:48 PM07:00 AM – 08:04 AM07:11 PM – 08:14 PM06:35 AM – 07:00 AM08:14 PM – 08:40 PM
Fri, Sep 1807:22 AM86° E07:52 PM274° W12h 30m 0s−3m 0s01:37 PM06:49 AM08:25 PM06:10 AM09:04 PM05:29 AM09:45 PM07:02 AM – 08:05 AM07:09 PM – 08:12 PM06:36 AM – 07:02 AM08:12 PM – 08:38 PM
Sat, Sep 1907:24 AM87° E07:50 PM273° W12h 26m 0s−4m 0s01:37 PM06:51 AM08:23 PM06:12 AM09:02 PM05:31 AM09:43 PM07:04 AM – 08:07 AM07:06 PM – 08:10 PM06:38 AM – 07:04 AM08:10 PM – 08:36 PM
Sun, Sep 2007:25 AM87° E07:47 PM273° W12h 22m 0s−4m 0s01:36 PM06:52 AM08:20 PM06:13 AM08:59 PM05:32 AM09:40 PM07:05 AM – 08:09 AM07:04 PM – 08:07 PM06:39 AM – 07:05 AM08:07 PM – 08:33 PM
Mon, Sep 2107:27 AM88° E07:45 PM272° W12h 18m 0s−4m 0s01:36 PM06:54 AM08:18 PM06:15 AM08:57 PM05:34 AM09:38 PM07:07 AM – 08:10 AM07:02 PM – 08:05 PM06:41 AM – 07:07 AM08:05 PM – 08:31 PM
Tue, Sep 2207:28 AM88° E07:43 PM272° W12h 15m 0s−3m 0s01:35 PM06:56 AM08:16 PM06:17 AM08:55 PM05:36 AM09:35 PM07:08 AM – 08:12 AM06:59 PM – 08:03 PM06:43 AM – 07:08 AM08:03 PM – 08:29 PM
Wed, Sep 2307:30 AM89° E07:41 PM271° W12h 11m 0s−4m 0s01:35 PM06:57 AM08:13 PM06:18 AM08:52 PM05:38 AM09:33 PM07:10 AM – 08:13 AM06:57 PM – 08:01 PM06:44 AM – 07:10 AM08:01 PM – 08:26 PM
Thu, Sep 24 Today07:32 AM90° E07:38 PM270° W12h 6m 0s−5m 0s01:35 PM06:59 AM08:11 PM06:20 AM08:50 PM05:40 AM09:30 PM07:11 AM – 08:15 AM06:55 PM – 07:58 PM06:46 AM – 07:11 AM07:58 PM – 08:24 PM
Fri, Sep 2507:33 AM90° E07:36 PM270° W12h 3m 0s−3m 0s01:34 PM07:00 AM08:09 PM06:22 AM08:47 PM05:42 AM09:27 PM07:13 AM – 08:17 AM06:53 PM – 07:56 PM06:48 AM – 07:13 AM07:56 PM – 08:22 PM
Sat, Sep 2607:35 AM91° E07:34 PM269° W11h 59m 0s−4m 0s01:34 PM07:02 AM08:07 PM06:23 AM08:45 PM05:43 AM09:25 PM07:15 AM – 08:18 AM06:50 PM – 07:54 PM06:49 AM – 07:15 AM07:54 PM – 08:19 PM
Sun, Sep 2707:36 AM91° E07:32 PM268° W11h 56m 0s−3m 0s01:34 PM07:03 AM08:04 PM06:25 AM08:43 PM05:45 AM09:22 PM07:16 AM – 08:20 AM06:48 PM – 07:52 PM06:51 AM – 07:16 AM07:52 PM – 08:17 PM
Mon, Sep 2807:38 AM92° E07:29 PM268° W11h 51m 0s−5m 0s01:33 PM07:05 AM08:02 PM06:27 AM08:40 PM05:47 AM09:20 PM07:18 AM – 08:21 AM06:46 PM – 07:49 PM06:52 AM – 07:18 AM07:49 PM – 08:15 PM
Tue, Sep 2907:39 AM93° E07:27 PM267° W11h 48m 0s−3m 0s01:33 PM07:07 AM08:00 PM06:28 AM08:38 PM05:49 AM09:18 PM07:19 AM – 08:23 AM06:43 PM – 07:47 PM06:54 AM – 07:19 AM07:47 PM – 08:13 PM
Wed, Sep 3007:41 AM93° E07:25 PM267° W11h 44m 0s−4m 0s01:33 PM07:08 AM07:58 PM06:30 AM08:36 PM05:51 AM09:15 PM07:21 AM – 08:25 AM06:41 PM – 07:45 PM06:55 AM – 07:21 AM07:45 PM – 08:10 PM

Tip: pair this calendar with our Day Length, Twilight, and Golden Hour tools for photography and planning.

Belgium Sunrise & Sunset by Month (2026)

This table shows the sunrise, sunset, and day length in Belgium on the 1st of every month, computed with the same NOAA/Meeus solar algorithms used across this site. Day length is longest in July and shortest in January.

MonthSunriseSunsetDay Length
January 108:45 AM04:46 PM8h 1m 0s
February 108:19 AM05:32 PM9h 13m 0s
March 107:27 AM06:21 PM10h 54m 0s
April 107:18 AM08:13 PM12h 55m 0s
May 106:16 AM09:02 PM14h 46m 0s
June 105:34 AM09:46 PM16h 12m 0s
July 105:33 AM09:59 PM16h 26m 0s
August 106:08 AM09:29 PM15h 21m 0s
September 106:56 AM08:30 PM13h 34m 0s
October 107:43 AM07:23 PM11h 40m 0s
November 107:33 AM05:18 PM9h 45m 0s
December 108:22 AM04:40 PM8h 18m 0s
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Belgium Sunrise & Sunset FAQ

Sunrise in Brussels can occur as early as about 5:30 AM CEST near the June solstice.
Popular spots include the Ostend seafront, Bruges canals, and Antwerp's Scheldt waterfront.
Sunrise and sunset in Belgium are calculated daily from its coordinates and the Europe/Brussels timezone. Check the live solar cards on this page for today’s exact local times, day length, and the countdown to the next event.
Today the sun rises at 74° ENE and sets at 286° WNW in Belgium. Face that compass bearing from an open viewpoint — sunrise is rarely due east, and sunset is rarely due west.
Evening golden hour in Belgium starts about an hour before sunset; evening blue hour follows as the Sun drops below the horizon. Morning windows are listed in the golden hour section on this page.
In 2026, the longest day in Belgium is Jun 21, 2026 with 16h 32m 0s of daylight, and the shortest is Dec 20, 2026 with 7h 56m 0s.
In 2026, the earliest sunrise in Belgium is 05:28 AM on Jun 13, 2026. The latest sunset is 10:00 PM on Jun 21, 2026. The latest sunrise is 08:45 AM on Jan 1, 2026, and the earliest sunset is 04:36 PM on Dec 9, 2026. These clock-time extremes often miss the solstice by a few days because of the Equation of Time.
Yes, Belgium shifts its clocks for Daylight Saving Time, which changes sunrise and sunset by one hour on the local clock during part of the year.

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