Daylight today
From sunrise to sunset, Detroit has 10 hours 42 minutes today. That's 2 min 40 sec shorter than yesterday's day, and 1 hour 37 minutes longer than the darkest day of the past winter, December 21, 2025 (9 h 5 min). The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Detroit apart
- Its latest sunset, 9:14 PM on June 24, is the 3rd latest of the 51.
- The sun is highest at 1:32 PM on the longest day, 32 minutes after 1 PM, because Detroit sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Detroit sits at about the latitude of Rome, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 7:27 AM, 29 minutes earlier, and last light at 7:07 PM, 29 minutes after sunset: 11 hours 39 minutes of light in Detroit 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 Detroit that takes sunset from 6:28 PM the day before to 5:27 PM, and sunrise from 8:05 AM to 7:06 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Detroit
Detroit's shortest day in 2026 is December 22, with 9 h 5 min of daylight, and its longest June 21, with 15 h 17 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.
Detroit's days run from 9 h 5 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 Detroit.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:28 AM | 7:59 AMfirst light 7:28 | 5:25 PMlast light 5:56 | 5:56 PM | 9 h 26 min |
| February | 7:01 AM | 7:30 AMfirst light 7:01 | 6:05 PMlast light 6:34 | 6:34 PM | 10 h 35 min |
| March | 7:17 AM | 7:45 AMfirst light 7:17 | 7:39 PMlast light 8:07 | 8:07 PM | 11 h 54 min |
| April | 6:23 AM | 6:52 AMfirst light 6:23 | 8:14 PMlast light 8:43 | 8:43 PM | 13 h 22 min |
| May | 5:40 AM | 6:12 AMfirst light 5:40 | 8:47 PMlast light 9:19 | 9:19 PM | 14 h 35 min |
| June | 5:21 AM | 5:56 AMfirst light 5:21 | 9:11 PMlast light 9:46 | 9:46 PM | 15 h 16 min |
| July | 5:36 AM | 6:09 AMfirst light 5:36 | 9:08 PMlast light 9:42 | 9:42 PM | 14 h 59 min |
| August | 6:10 AM | 6:40 AMfirst light 6:10 | 8:35 PMlast light 9:05 | 9:05 PM | 13 h 55 min |
| September | 6:45 AM | 7:13 AMfirst light 6:45 | 7:44 PMlast light 8:12 | 8:12 PM | 12 h 31 min |
| October | 7:17 AM | 7:45 AMfirst light 7:17 | 6:52 PMlast light 7:20 | 7:20 PM | 11 h 6 min |
| November | 6:54 AM | 7:24 AMfirst light 6:54 | 5:12 PMlast light 5:42 | 5:42 PM | 9 h 48 min |
| December | 7:23 AM | 7:55 AMfirst light 7:23 | 5:01 PMlast light 5:33 | 5:33 PM | 9 h 6 min |
Nearby
- Cleveland, OH: 90 miles away, sunset today 6:34 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Columbus: 164 miles away, sunset today 6:41 PM.
- Chicago, IL: 237 miles away, sunset today 5:57 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Indianapolis: 240 miles away, sunset today 6:54 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.