Sun Path: Brisbane, Australia

Direct answer

In Brisbane, the shortest day (21 June) has 10 h 24 min of daylight, from sunrise at 06:37 to sunset at 17:01 AEST, and the longest (22 December) has 13 h 53 min, from 04:49 to 18:42 AEST. The noon sun climbs from 39.1° to 86.0° above the horizon over the year. Sunrise moves between 64° (ENE) and 117° (ESE) and sunset between 243° (WSW) and 296° (WNW). The earliest sunrise is 04:44 on 2 December and the latest sunset is 18:47 on 11 January, which are not the solstice dates. Brisbane keeps AEST (UTC+10) all year, with no daylight saving. Times are local clock time from NOAA's solar equations for the city-centre GeoNames point at a sea-level horizon.

Content and cited inputs reviewed by Harth team · Published 2026-08-26 · Updated 2026-09-25.

When does the sun rise and set in Brisbane each month?

Times are local clock time on the 21st of each month in 2026, including daylight saving where it applies. Bearings are clockwise from true north.

How the sun moves over Brisbane through the year

At -27.47° latitude the sunrise point swings 53° along the horizon over the year, from 64° (ENE) to 117° (ESE), and sunset moves between 243° (WSW) and 296° (WNW). On the shortest day the noon sun is 39.1° above the northern horizon; on 22 December it reaches 86.0°.

Solar noon falls at 11:32–12:01 on the clock through the year, because Brisbane sits 3.0° of longitude from its time zone's reference meridian and the equation of time shifts noon by up to 16 minutes. Use the clock times in the table, not 12:00, when you set up a sun study.

Key sun dates for Brisbane in 2026

• Shortest day: 21 June, 10 h 24 min (sunrise 06:37, sunset 17:01 AEST).
• Longest day: 22 December, 13 h 53 min (sunrise 04:49, sunset 18:42 AEST).
• Earliest sunrise: 04:44 AEST on 2 December. Latest sunset: 18:47 AEST on 11 January.
• Highest noon sun: 86.0° on 22 December; lowest: 39.1° on 21 June.
• Clocks: Brisbane keeps AEST (UTC+10) all year, with no daylight saving.

How these times were calculated

Harth computed each value with NOAA's solar-position equations for the GeoNames point -27.4679, 153.0281, using the standard 90.833° zenith for sunrise and sunset (refraction plus the sun's radius) and the Australia/Brisbane time zone. Hills, buildings and elevation move the sunrise and sunset you actually see by a few minutes; use surveyed site coordinates and a horizon survey for a specific building.

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Sources and method

Location: GeoNames point -27.4679, 153.0281 (GeoNames AU dump, CC BY 4.0, ID 2174003); time zone Australia/Brisbane from the same GeoNames record. Sun positions, sunrise and sunset calculated by Harth with NOAA's solar calculator equations, including standard atmospheric refraction, for a sea-level horizon.

Source links

• download.geonames.org

• gml.noaa.gov