Daylight today
Today the sun is up for 10 hours 44 minutes in Cleveland: 2 min 40 sec less than yesterday, and 1 hour 34 minutes more than on December 21, 2025, the darkest day, which had 9 h 10 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Cleveland apart
- The sun is highest at 1:26 PM on the longest day, 26 minutes after 1 PM, because Cleveland sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Cleveland sits at about the latitude of Barcelona, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 6 h 1 min longer than its shortest: 15 h 11 min on the longest day against 9 h 10 min on the shortest.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 7:21 AM, 28 minutes earlier, and last light at 7:02 PM, 28 minutes after sunset: 11 hours 41 minutes of light in Cleveland today, 10 h 44 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 Cleveland that takes sunset from 6:24 PM the day before to 5:23 PM, and sunrise from 7:58 AM to 6:59 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Cleveland
Cleveland's shortest day in 2026 is December 22, with 9 h 10 min of daylight, and its longest June 21, with 15 h 11 min. Neither the earliest sunset nor the latest sunrise falls on the shortest day: the earliest sunset comes on December 3, the latest sunrise on December 29.
Cleveland's days run from 9 h 10 min to 15 h 11 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Cleveland.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:21 AM | 7:52 AMfirst light 7:21 | 5:22 PMlast light 5:53 | 5:53 PM | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 6:55 AM | 7:23 AMfirst light 6:55 | 6:01 PMlast light 6:29 | 6:29 PM | 10 h 38 min |
| March | 7:12 AM | 7:40 AMfirst light 7:12 | 7:34 PMlast light 8:01 | 8:01 PM | 11 h 54 min |
| April | 6:19 AM | 6:48 AMfirst light 6:19 | 8:07 PMlast light 8:36 | 8:36 PM | 13 h 19 min |
| May | 5:37 AM | 6:09 AMfirst light 5:37 | 8:39 PMlast light 9:11 | 9:11 PM | 14 h 31 min |
| June | 5:19 AM | 5:53 AMfirst light 5:19 | 9:03 PMlast light 9:37 | 9:37 PM | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 5:34 AM | 6:07 AMfirst light 5:34 | 9:00 PMlast light 9:33 | 9:33 PM | 14 h 54 min |
| August | 6:07 AM | 6:36 AMfirst light 6:07 | 8:28 PMlast light 8:58 | 8:58 PM | 13 h 52 min |
| September | 6:40 AM | 7:08 AMfirst light 6:40 | 7:38 PMlast light 8:06 | 8:06 PM | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 7:11 AM | 7:39 AMfirst light 7:11 | 6:47 PMlast light 7:15 | 7:15 PM | 11 h 8 min |
| November | 6:47 AM | 7:16 AMfirst light 6:47 | 5:08 PMlast light 5:38 | 5:38 PM | 9 h 52 min |
| December | 7:16 AM | 7:47 AMfirst light 7:16 | 4:59 PMlast light 5:30 | 5:30 PM | 9 h 12 min |
Nearby
- Detroit, MI: 90 miles away, sunset today 6:38 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Columbus: 126 miles away, sunset today 6:41 PM.
- Indianapolis, IN: 263 miles away, sunset today 6:54 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Washington: 304 miles away, sunset today 6:19 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.