Prayer Times in Tønsberg, Norway

Prayer times in Tønsberg

Sunrise 7:32 am, sunset 4:30 pm — about 8 hours and 58 minutes of daylight in Tønsberg today. Prayer times are anchored to the sun rather than the clock, so as that figure grows and shrinks across the year, every time below moves with it.

Suhoor and iftar in Tønsberg

The fasting day here runs 5:09 am to 4:30 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 11 hours and 21 minutes. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

How much the times move

There is a caveat to the summer timetable in Tønsberg. For several weeks around the solstice the sun does not dip deep enough for a true Fajr or Isha, and the calculated values become estimates. Local scholarly guidance takes over in that period.

The calculation behind them

Calculations come from Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. Where two calculations disagree it is nearly always Fajr or Isha: those depend on twilight, and twilight is a judgement call. Asr is Hanafi on this page, so expect it later than a Shafi timetable would show. Local practice wins over any website, this one included.

How the day runs in Tønsberg

Fajr opens the day at 5:09 am, well before first light. Sunrise at 7:32 am closes that window. Dhuhr follows at 12:02 pm once the sun has tipped past its highest point, and Asr at 2:36 pm. Maghrib comes with sunset at 4:30 pm, and Isha closes the day at 6:00 pm. Around 8 hours and 58 minutes of daylight, all told.

Elsewhere in Norway

There are 4 more Norway cities here, and each has its own times rather than sharing Tønsberg's. It is worth switching to the right one when you travel — a few hundred kilometres east or west moves Fajr and Maghrib by a noticeable margin.

Lining up with the Kaaba

The qibla from here runs south-east, a bearing of about 138°. Makkah is around 4,811 kilometres (2,990 miles) away in a straight line.

A few things worth knowing

No need to bookmark a timetable: the page recalculates for Tønsberg daily.