Prayer Times in Bytom, Poland

About the times on this page

The single thing that shapes prayer times in Bytom more than any other is the latitude. Summer brings very early Fajr times and a late Isha; in December, Maghrib arrives while the afternoon still feels young.

Ramadan timings

The fasting day here runs 4:36 am to 4:26 pm: suhoor closes at the first, iftar comes at the second. Today it works out to some 11 hours and 50 minutes. The full month is listed below if you want to see where the fast is heading.

Lining up with the Kaaba

The qibla from here runs south-east, a bearing of about 143°. That puts the Kaaba roughly 3,699 km — 2,298 miles — from here. Worth remembering that a phone compass points to magnetic north, which can sit several degrees off true north depending on where you are.

The shape of the day

Fajr opens the day at 4:36 am, well before first light. The sun appears at 6:29 am, which ends the Fajr period. Dhuhr follows at 11:28 am once the sun has tipped past its highest point, and Asr at 2:39 pm. Maghrib comes with sunset at 4:26 pm, and Isha closes the day at 5:56 pm. Around 9 hours and 57 minutes of daylight, all told.

Why Dhuhr lands where it does

The sun reaches its high point roughly 32 minutes before noon here. That is why Dhuhr sits at 11:28 am rather than just past midday, and it carries through to Asr, Maghrib and Isha as well. This catches people out regularly, but prayer follows the sun, and the clock is only the label we put on it.

How the times are worked out

These times follow 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.

Common questions

This page rebuilds itself daily for Bytom — the times are always the current ones.