Daylight today
Colorado Springs gets 10 hours 51 minutes of daylight today, 2 min 20 sec less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 25 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 9 h 26 min. The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Colorado Springs apart
- Colorado Springs sits at about the latitude of Lisbon, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 5 h 27 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 53 min on the longest day against 9 h 27 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, Colorado Springs gets 9 h 27 min of daylight, 19th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 6:51 AM, 27 minutes earlier, and last light at 6:37 PM, 27 minutes after sunset: 11 hours 46 minutes of light in Colorado Springs today, 10 h 51 min of it with the sun up. The sun is 6° below the horizon at each; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
Clocks go back an hour on Sunday, November 1. Sunrise moves from 7:26 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 5:00 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs's shortest day in 2026 is December 22, with 9 h 27 min of daylight, and its longest June 21, with 14 h 53 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 January 2, 2027.
Colorado Springs's days run from 9 h 27 min to 14 h 53 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Colorado Springs.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:48 AM | 7:17 AMfirst light 6:48 | 5:02 PMlast light 5:31 | 5:31 PM | 9 h 45 min |
| February | 6:24 AM | 6:51 AMfirst light 6:24 | 5:37 PMlast light 6:05 | 6:05 PM | 10 h 46 min |
| March | 6:45 AM | 7:11 AMfirst light 6:45 | 7:07 PMlast light 7:33 | 7:33 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| April | 5:56 AM | 6:23 AMfirst light 5:56 | 7:36 PMlast light 8:04 | 8:04 PM | 13 h 13 min |
| May | 5:18 AM | 5:48 AMfirst light 5:18 | 8:05 PMlast light 8:35 | 8:35 PM | 14 h 17 min |
| June | 5:02 AM | 5:34 AMfirst light 5:02 | 8:27 PMlast light 8:59 | 8:59 PM | 14 h 52 min |
| July | 5:16 AM | 5:47 AMfirst light 5:16 | 8:25 PMlast light 8:56 | 8:56 PM | 14 h 38 min |
| August | 5:45 AM | 6:14 AMfirst light 5:45 | 7:56 PMlast light 8:24 | 8:24 PM | 13 h 42 min |
| September | 6:15 AM | 6:42 AMfirst light 6:15 | 7:09 PMlast light 7:36 | 7:36 PM | 12 h 28 min |
| October | 6:42 AM | 7:09 AMfirst light 6:42 | 6:22 PMlast light 6:49 | 6:49 PM | 11 h 13 min |
| November | 6:14 AM | 6:43 AMfirst light 6:14 | 4:47 PMlast light 5:15 | 5:15 PM | 10 h 4 min |
| December | 6:42 AM | 7:11 AMfirst light 6:42 | 4:39 PMlast light 5:09 | 5:09 PM | 9 h 28 min |
Nearby
- Denver, CO: 63 miles away, sunset today 6:09 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Albuquerque: 278 miles away, sunset today 6:22 PM.
- Oklahoma City, OK: 464 miles away, sunset today 6:45 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in El Paso: 498 miles away, sunset today 6:25 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.