Quick answer: Bournemouth gets about 14 h 5 min of daylight today, and civil twilight lasts roughly 35 minutes after sunset before it is fully dark. The sun peaks 51° above the horizon at solar noon.
Conditions on this page are recalculated from the latest forecast every time it is opened, for the current date in the location's own time zone. Showing .
Looking up sunset and sunrise times for Bournemouth, UK? This page gives you today's exact times for sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, nautical twilight and astronomical twilight in Bournemouth's local timezone. We also show the day length in hours and minutes, how it changes versus yesterday, and the upcoming week so you can plan evening walks, rooftop dinners, photography or stargazing in Bournemouth. Times are calculated with high-precision solar position math, so they match official almanac values to within seconds. If you're a photographer, the sunset time is the anchor for the evening golden hour and blue hour windows we show on the dedicated golden hour page for Bournemouth. If you're a traveller, sunset is the start of the city's evening atmosphere — and an important planning factor for outdoor dining, river cruises and night-walking tours.
In August, Bournemouth (50.7° N) sees about 14 h 5 min between sunrise and sunset, with the sun reaching 51° at solar noon. Civil twilight — bright enough to read outdoors — runs roughly 35 minutes past sunset. The live tool above converts these into exact local clock times for Bournemouth.
Daylight, midday sun angle and golden-hour length below are calculated for Bournemouth's own coordinates (50.72° N, 1.88° W) on the 15th of each month.
| Month | Daylight | Sun at solar noon | Golden hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8 h 24 min | 18° | 79 min |
| February | 9 h 54 min | 26° | 69 min |
| March | 11 h 42 min | 36° | 64 min |
| April | 13 h 42 min | 49° | 65 min |
| May | 15 h 30 min | 58° | 73 min |
| June | 16 h 30 min | 63° | 80 min |
| July | 16 h 6 min | 61° | 77 min |
| August | 14 h 30 min | 53° | 68 min |
| September | 12 h 30 min | 41° | 63 min |
| October | 10 h 36 min | 30° | 66 min |
| November | 8 h 54 min | 20° | 76 min |
| December | 8 h 0 min | 16° | 84 min |
Scores are capped by dealbreakers — heavy rain, dangerous wind, thick fog or hazardous UV pull a day down no matter how pleasant the rest of the numbers look. Forecast data is Open-Meteo; solar and lunar values are computed for Bournemouth's own coordinates and time zone. Full details on the methodology page.