Daylight today
Albuquerque gets 11 hours 1 minute of daylight today, 2 min less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 13 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 9 h 47 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Albuquerque apart
- Albuquerque sits at about the latitude of Kyoto, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 4 h 44 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 31 min on the longest day against 9 h 47 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, Albuquerque gets 9 h 47 min of daylight, 34th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 6:55 AM, 26 minutes earlier, and last light at 6:48 PM, 26 minutes after sunset: 11 hours 53 minutes of light in Albuquerque today, 11 h 1 min of it with the sun up. The sun is 6° below the horizon at each; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In Albuquerque that takes sunset from 6:14 PM the day before to 5:13 PM, and sunrise from 7:27 AM to 6:28 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Albuquerque
Albuquerque's shortest day in 2026 is December 22, with 9 h 47 min of daylight, and its longest June 21, with 14 h 31 min. Neither the earliest sunset nor the latest sunrise falls on the shortest day: the earliest sunset comes on November 28, the latest sunrise on January 1, 2027.
Albuquerque's days run from 9 h 47 min to 14 h 31 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Albuquerque.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:47 AM | 7:15 AMfirst light 6:47 | 5:18 PMlast light 5:46 | 5:46 PM | 10 h 3 min |
| February | 6:28 AM | 6:54 AMfirst light 6:28 | 5:50 PMlast light 6:16 | 6:16 PM | 10 h 56 min |
| March | 6:53 AM | 7:18 AMfirst light 6:53 | 7:15 PMlast light 7:40 | 7:40 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| April | 6:09 AM | 6:35 AMfirst light 6:09 | 7:39 PMlast light 8:05 | 8:05 PM | 13 h 4 min |
| May | 5:36 AM | 6:04 AMfirst light 5:36 | 8:04 PMlast light 8:32 | 8:32 PM | 14 h |
| June | 5:23 AM | 5:53 AMfirst light 5:23 | 8:23 PMlast light 8:53 | 8:53 PM | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 5:35 AM | 6:04 AMfirst light 5:35 | 8:22 PMlast light 8:51 | 8:51 PM | 14 h 18 min |
| August | 6:01 AM | 6:27 AMfirst light 6:01 | 7:57 PMlast light 8:23 | 8:23 PM | 13 h 29 min |
| September | 6:25 AM | 6:50 AMfirst light 6:25 | 7:15 PMlast light 7:41 | 7:41 PM | 12 h 25 min |
| October | 6:48 AM | 7:13 AMfirst light 6:48 | 6:33 PMlast light 6:58 | 6:58 PM | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 6:15 AM | 6:42 AMfirst light 6:15 | 5:02 PMlast light 5:29 | 5:29 PM | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 6:40 AM | 7:08 AMfirst light 6:40 | 4:57 PMlast light 5:25 | 5:25 PM | 9 h 49 min |
Nearby
- El Paso, TX: 230 miles away, sunset today 6:25 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Colorado Springs: 278 miles away, sunset today 6:10 PM.
- Tucson, AZ: 318 miles away, sunset today 5:43 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Phoenix: 330 miles away, sunset today 5:46 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.