Daylight today
Today the sun is up for 11 hours 4 minutes in Atlanta: 2 min less than yesterday, and 1 hour 10 minutes more than on December 21, 2025, the darkest day, which had 9 h 54 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Atlanta apart
- The sun is highest at 1:37 PM on the longest day, 37 minutes after 1 PM, because Atlanta sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Atlanta sits at about the latitude of Baghdad, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 4 h 29 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 24 min on the longest day against 9 h 54 min on the shortest.
First light and last light
The sky gets light at 7:25 AM, 25 minutes before the sun comes up, and stays light until 7:20 PM, 25 minutes after it sets. That gives Atlanta 11 hours 55 minutes of usable light today, against 11 h 4 min of sun. Both are the moment the sun is 6° below the horizon (how DaySight calculates these times).
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In Atlanta that takes sunset from 6:47 PM the day before to 5:46 PM, and sunrise from 7:56 AM to 6:57 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Atlanta
In 2026 the days in Atlanta bottom out at 9 h 54 min on December 22 and peak at 14 h 24 min on June 21. The darkest evenings come before the shortest day (the earliest sunset is on November 29) and the darkest mornings after it (the latest sunrise is on January 4, 2027).
Atlanta's days run from 9 h 54 min to 14 h 24 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Atlanta.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:16 AM | 7:43 AMfirst light 7:16 | 5:52 PMlast light 6:19 | 6:19 PM | 10 h 9 min |
| February | 6:57 AM | 7:23 AMfirst light 6:57 | 6:22 PMlast light 6:48 | 6:48 PM | 10 h 59 min |
| March | 7:24 AM | 7:49 AMfirst light 7:24 | 7:46 PMlast light 8:11 | 8:11 PM | 11 h 57 min |
| April | 6:42 AM | 7:08 AMfirst light 6:42 | 8:09 PMlast light 8:34 | 8:34 PM | 13 h 1 min |
| May | 6:10 AM | 6:38 AMfirst light 6:10 | 8:32 PMlast light 9:00 | 9:00 PM | 13 h 54 min |
| June | 5:58 AM | 6:27 AMfirst light 5:58 | 8:50 PMlast light 9:19 | 9:19 PM | 14 h 23 min |
| July | 6:10 AM | 6:39 AMfirst light 6:10 | 8:50 PMlast light 9:18 | 9:18 PM | 14 h 11 min |
| August | 6:34 AM | 7:00 AMfirst light 6:34 | 8:26 PMlast light 8:52 | 8:52 PM | 13 h 25 min |
| September | 6:57 AM | 7:22 AMfirst light 6:57 | 7:46 PMlast light 8:11 | 8:11 PM | 12 h 24 min |
| October | 7:18 AM | 7:43 AMfirst light 7:18 | 7:05 PMlast light 7:30 | 7:30 PM | 11 h 22 min |
| November | 6:44 AM | 7:10 AMfirst light 6:44 | 5:36 PMlast light 6:02 | 6:02 PM | 10 h 25 min |
| December | 7:08 AM | 7:36 AMfirst light 7:08 | 5:31 PMlast light 5:59 | 5:59 PM | 9 h 55 min |
Nearby
- Nashville, TN: 215 miles away, sunset today 6:01 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Charlotte: 226 miles away, sunset today 6:39 PM.
- Jacksonville, FL: 285 miles away, sunset today 6:47 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Louisville: 320 miles away, sunset today 6:54 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.