Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Change	Dawn	Dusk	Length	Change
Today	06:08	18:33	12:25		05:41	19:00	13:19
+1 day	06:06	18:34	12:28	00:03 longer	05:39	19:01	13:22	00:03 longer
+1 week	05:56	18:40	12:44	00:19 longer	05:29	19:07	13:38	00:19 longer
+2 weeks	05:45	18:47	13:02	00:37 longer	05:18	19:15	13:57	00:38 longer
+1 month	05:22	19:03	13:41	01:16 longer	04:53	19:32	14:39	01:20 longer
+2 months	04:51	19:32	14:41	02:16 longer	04:20	20:03	15:43	02:24 longer
+3 months	04:47	19:47	15:00	02:35 longer	04:14	20:20	16:06	02:47 longer
+6 months	06:04	18:08	12:04	00:21 shorter	05:37	18:35	12:58	00:21 shorter

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Peking, China - Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times, graph

Darkness

Dawn

Sunshine

Dusk

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Peking, China - Sun path diagram

Sun path

Today

June solstice

December solstice

Annual variation

Equinox (March and September)

Sunrise/sunset

Sunrise

Sunset

Time

00-02

03-05

06-08

09-11

12-14

15-17

18-20

21-23

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Peking, China - Seasons graph and Earth's orbit

Events

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Today

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December solstice

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March equinox

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June solstice

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September equinox

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Perihelion [?]

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Aphelion [?]

Earth's orbit

This year

Min, years 1600–2600 [?]

Max, years 1600–2600 [?]

Variation, years 1600–2600

Seasons

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

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Event	Date	Time to
December solstice	2019-12-22 12:19	270d 3h 22min
March equinox	2020-03-20 11:50	359d 2h 53min
June solstice	2019-06-21 23:54	86d 14h 57min
September equinox	2019-09-23 15:50	180d 6h 53min

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Peking, China - Solar energy and surface meteorology

Variable	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII
Insolation, kWh/m²/day	2.51	3.34	4.29	5.42	6.09	6.00	5.29	4.85	4.34	3.43	2.61	2.21
Clearness, 0 - 1	0.61	0.60	0.56	0.57	0.56	0.52	0.47	0.48	0.52	0.54	0.57	0.59
Temperature, °C	-10.88	-6.32	1.21	10.78	17.96	21.75	22.71	21.32	16.91	9.67	-0.16	-7.68
Wind speed, m/s	4.55	4.66	5.12	5.81	5.24	4.48	3.73	3.41	3.80	4.25	4.77	4.53
Precipitation, mm	2	4	7	18	29	65	152	143	42	18	7	2
Wet days, d	1.7	2.9	3.5	5.1	5.5	9.4	13.9	12.2	6.9	5.5	4.4	1.5

These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center; New et al. 2002
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Peking, China - Basic information

Latitude: +39.93 (39°55'48"N)
Longitude: +116.4 (116°24'00"E)
Time zone: UTC+8 hours
Local time: 08:56
Country: China
Continent: Asia
Sub-region: Eastern Asia
Distance: ~11000 km (from your IP)
Altitude: ~60 m

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Peking

Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Length	Change	Dawn	Dusk	Length	Change
Today	06:08	18:33	12:25		05:41	19:00	13:19
-1 day	06:09	18:32	12:23	00:02 shorter	05:42	18:59	13:17	00:02 shorter
-1 week	06:19	18:26	12:07	00:18 shorter	05:52	18:53	13:01	00:18 shorter
-2 weeks	06:30	18:18	11:48	00:37 shorter	06:03	18:45	12:42	00:37 shorter
-1 month	06:55	18:01	11:06	01:19 shorter	06:27	18:28	12:01	01:18 shorter
-2 months	07:28	17:26	9:58	02:27 shorter	06:59	17:55	10:56	02:23 shorter
-3 months	07:35	16:56	9:21	03:04 shorter	07:04	17:26	10:22	02:57 shorter
-6 months	06:04	18:07	12:03	00:22 shorter	05:37	18:34	12:57	00:22 shorter

Event	Date	Time from
December solstice	2018-12-22 06:23	95d 2h 33min
March equinox	2019-03-21 05:58	6d 2h 58min
June solstice	2018-06-21 18:07	278d 14h 49min
September equinox	2018-09-23 09:54	184d 23h 2min

Peking, China - Sunrise, sunset, dawn and dusk times, table