Daylight today
Baltimore gets 10 hours 50 minutes of daylight today, 2 min 20 sec less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 27 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 9 h 24 min. The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Baltimore apart
- Baltimore sits at about the latitude of Valencia, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 5 h 33 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 56 min on the longest day against 9 h 24 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, Baltimore gets 9 h 24 min of daylight, 16th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
The sky gets light at 6:59 AM, 27 minutes before the sun comes up, and stays light until 6:44 PM, 27 minutes after it sets. That gives Baltimore 11 hours 45 minutes of usable light today, against 10 h 50 min of sun. Both are the moment the sun is 6° below the horizon (how DaySight calculates these times).
Clock changes
Clocks go back an hour on Sunday, November 1. Sunrise moves from 7:34 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 5:07 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Baltimore
Baltimore's shortest day in 2026 is December 22, with 9 h 24 min of daylight, and its longest June 21, with 14 h 56 min. Neither the earliest sunset nor the latest sunrise falls on the shortest day: the earliest sunset comes on December 4, the latest sunrise on December 30.
Baltimore's days run from 9 h 24 min to 14 h 56 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Baltimore.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:56 AM | 7:25 AMfirst light 6:56 | 5:08 PMlast light 5:37 | 5:37 PM | 9 h 42 min |
| February | 6:32 AM | 6:59 AMfirst light 6:32 | 5:44 PMlast light 6:11 | 6:11 PM | 10 h 44 min |
| March | 6:52 AM | 7:19 AMfirst light 6:52 | 7:14 PMlast light 7:40 | 7:40 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| April | 6:02 AM | 6:30 AMfirst light 6:02 | 7:44 PMlast light 8:12 | 8:12 PM | 13 h 14 min |
| May | 5:24 AM | 5:54 AMfirst light 5:24 | 8:13 PMlast light 8:44 | 8:44 PM | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 5:08 AM | 5:40 AMfirst light 5:08 | 8:35 PMlast light 9:08 | 9:08 PM | 14 h 55 min |
| July | 5:21 AM | 5:53 AMfirst light 5:21 | 8:33 PMlast light 9:05 | 9:05 PM | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 5:51 AM | 6:20 AMfirst light 5:51 | 8:04 PMlast light 8:32 | 8:32 PM | 13 h 43 min |
| September | 6:22 AM | 6:48 AMfirst light 6:22 | 7:17 PMlast light 7:44 | 7:44 PM | 12 h 28 min |
| October | 6:50 AM | 7:17 AMfirst light 6:50 | 6:29 PMlast light 6:56 | 6:56 PM | 11 h 12 min |
| November | 6:22 AM | 6:51 AMfirst light 6:22 | 4:53 PMlast light 5:22 | 5:22 PM | 10 h 2 min |
| December | 6:50 AM | 7:20 AMfirst light 6:50 | 4:45 PMlast light 5:15 | 5:15 PM | 9 h 25 min |
Nearby
- Washington, DC: 35 miles away, sunset today 6:19 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Philadelphia: 90 miles away, sunset today 6:10 PM.
- New York, NY: 169 miles away, sunset today 6:04 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Virginia Beach: 172 miles away, sunset today 6:17 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.