Prayer Times in Oxford, United Kingdom

Oxford prayer times explained

This far north, Oxford gets a prayer schedule that swings hard between summer and winter. Midsummer stretches the day at both ends until Fajr and Isha nearly meet, while midwinter squeezes all five prayers into a few hours of light.

Oxford today, prayer by prayer

The day's first prayer, Fajr, falls at 5:00 am. Sunrise at 6:57 am closes that window. Dhuhr follows at 11:49 am once the sun has tipped past its highest point, and Asr at 2:50 pm. The sun goes down at Maghrib, 4:39 pm, and the day ends with Isha at 6:09 pm. That gives Oxford roughly 9 hours and 42 minutes of daylight today.

If you are fasting

Suhoor closes at 5:00 am in Oxford, with iftar at 4:39 pm. Roughly 11 hours and 39 minutes, going by today's figures. Scroll to the month view to see how the length changes as Ramadan progresses.

How the times are worked out

The underlying method is Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. Methods differ mainly over Fajr and Isha, because each authority settles on a slightly different angle of the sun below the horizon — a few minutes either way is normal. Asr is Hanafi on this page, so expect it later than a Shafi timetable would show. Where your local mosque differs, follow the mosque — that is the timetable the congregation keeps.

The direction of prayer

From this city the direction is east-south-east, or 118° if you prefer the number. That puts the Kaaba roughly 4,875 km — 3,029 miles — from here.

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