Nocturnality describes sleeping during the daytime and being active at night.

Nocturnal(s) may also refer to:

Music

Classical compositions

  • Nocturnal (Varèse), a 1961 work for voice and orchestra by Edgard Varèse
  • Nocturnal after John Dowland, a 1963 work for solo guitar by Benjamin Britten

Performers

  • Knoc-turn'al (born 1975), American rapper
  • Nokturnl, an Australian rap metal band

Albums

  • Nocturnal (Amaral album) or the title song, 2015
  • Nocturnal (Aziatix album), 2011
  • Nocturnal (The Black Dahlia Murder album) or the title song, 2007
  • Nocturnal (Heltah Skeltah album), 1996
  • Nocturnal (Yuna album), 2013
  • Nocturnal, EP by Prozak, 2012
  • Nocturnal (Roy Woods EP), 2016
  • Nocturnal, by Florian-Ayala Fauna, 2012

Songs

  • "Nocturnal" (song), by Disclosure, 2016
  • "Nocturnal", by Flo from Access All Areas, 2024
  • "Nocturnal", by House of Large Sizes from My Ass-Kicking Life, 1994

Other uses

  • Nocturnal (instrument), a device for determining time from the position of stars
  • Nocturnal (novel), a 2007 podcast and 2012 novel by Scott Sigler
  • Nocturnal (2025 film), a South Korean film
  • Nocturnal (2019 film), a film by Nathalie Biancheri
  • Nocturnals, a comics series by Dan Brereton
  • Nocturnals: A Midnight Companion, a 2004 role-playing game supplement based on the comics
  • Nocturnal sect, a category in astrology of sect

See also

  • Night Owl
  • Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, an American rock band active from 2002 to 2015