Daylight today
Today the sun is up for 10 hours 42 minutes in Boston: 2 min 40 sec less than yesterday, and 1 hour 37 minutes more than on December 21, 2025, the darkest day, which had 9 h 4 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Boston apart
- Its earliest sunset, 4:13 PM on December 3, is the 2nd earliest of the 51.
- Boston sits at about the latitude of Rome, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 6 h 13 min longer than its shortest: 15 h 17 min on the longest day against 9 h 4 min on the shortest.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 6:40 AM, 29 minutes earlier, and last light at 6:19 PM, 29 minutes after sunset: 11 hours 39 minutes of light in Boston today, 10 h 42 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 Boston that takes sunset from 5:40 PM the day before to 4:39 PM, and sunrise from 7:17 AM to 6:18 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Boston
Boston swings from 9 h 4 min of daylight on December 22 to 15 h 17 min on June 21. Its earliest sunset, though, is on December 3, and its latest sunrise on December 28: the shortest day sits between the two.
Boston's days run from 9 h 4 min to 15 h 17 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Boston.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:40 AM | 7:12 AMfirst light 6:40 | 4:37 PMlast light 5:08 | 5:08 PM | 9 h 25 min |
| February | 6:13 AM | 6:42 AMfirst light 6:13 | 5:17 PMlast light 5:46 | 5:46 PM | 10 h 35 min |
| March | 6:29 AM | 6:57 AMfirst light 6:29 | 6:51 PMlast light 7:19 | 7:19 PM | 11 h 54 min |
| April | 5:35 AM | 6:04 AMfirst light 5:35 | 7:26 PMlast light 7:55 | 7:55 PM | 13 h 22 min |
| May | 4:52 AM | 5:24 AMfirst light 4:52 | 7:59 PMlast light 8:31 | 8:31 PM | 14 h 35 min |
| June | 4:33 AM | 5:08 AMfirst light 4:33 | 8:23 PMlast light 8:58 | 8:58 PM | 15 h 16 min |
| July | 4:48 AM | 5:21 AMfirst light 4:48 | 8:20 PMlast light 8:54 | 8:54 PM | 14 h 59 min |
| August | 5:22 AM | 5:52 AMfirst light 5:22 | 7:47 PMlast light 8:17 | 8:17 PM | 13 h 55 min |
| September | 5:57 AM | 6:25 AMfirst light 5:57 | 6:56 PMlast light 7:24 | 7:24 PM | 12 h 31 min |
| October | 6:29 AM | 6:57 AMfirst light 6:29 | 6:04 PMlast light 6:32 | 6:32 PM | 11 h 6 min |
| November | 6:06 AM | 6:36 AMfirst light 6:06 | 4:24 PMlast light 4:54 | 4:54 PM | 9 h 48 min |
| December | 6:35 AM | 7:07 AMfirst light 6:35 | 4:13 PMlast light 4:45 | 4:45 PM | 9 h 6 min |
Nearby
- New York, NY: 190 miles away, sunset today 6:04 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Philadelphia: 271 miles away, sunset today 6:10 PM.
- Baltimore, MD: 359 miles away, sunset today 6:17 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Washington: 394 miles away, sunset today 6:19 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.