Daylight today
From sunrise to sunset, El Paso has 11 hours 9 minutes today. That's 1 min 50 sec shorter than yesterday's day, and 1 hour 4 minutes longer than the darkest day of the past winter, December 21, 2025 (10 h 4 min). The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets El Paso apart
- El Paso sits at about the latitude of Jerusalem, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 4 h 9 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 13 min on the longest day against 10 h 4 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, El Paso gets 10 h 4 min of daylight, 42nd shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
The sky gets light at 6:52 AM, 25 minutes before the sun comes up, and stays light until 6:50 PM, 25 minutes after it sets. That gives El Paso 11 hours 58 minutes of usable light today, against 11 h 9 min of sun. Both are the moment the sun is 6° below the horizon (how DaySight calculates these times).
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In El Paso that takes sunset from 6:18 PM the day before to 5:18 PM, and sunrise from 7:22 AM to 6:23 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in El Paso
El Paso's shortest day in 2026 is December 22, with 10 h 4 min of daylight, and its longest June 21, with 14 h 13 min. Neither the earliest sunset nor the latest sunrise falls on the shortest day: the earliest sunset comes on November 27, the latest sunrise on January 1, 2027.
El Paso's days run from 10 h 4 min to 14 h 13 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over El Paso.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:41 AM | 7:07 AMfirst light 6:41 | 5:25 PMlast light 5:51 | 5:51 PM | 10 h 18 min |
| February | 6:24 AM | 6:49 AMfirst light 6:24 | 5:53 PMlast light 6:18 | 6:18 PM | 11 h 4 min |
| March | 6:53 AM | 7:17 AMfirst light 6:53 | 7:14 PMlast light 7:39 | 7:39 PM | 11 h 58 min |
| April | 6:13 AM | 6:38 AMfirst light 6:13 | 7:35 PMlast light 8:00 | 8:00 PM | 12 h 57 min |
| May | 5:43 AM | 6:10 AMfirst light 5:43 | 7:56 PMlast light 8:23 | 8:23 PM | 13 h 46 min |
| June | 5:33 AM | 6:01 AMfirst light 5:33 | 8:14 PMlast light 8:42 | 8:42 PM | 14 h 13 min |
| July | 5:44 AM | 6:12 AMfirst light 5:44 | 8:13 PMlast light 8:41 | 8:41 PM | 14 h 2 min |
| August | 6:06 AM | 6:32 AMfirst light 6:06 | 7:51 PMlast light 8:17 | 8:17 PM | 13 h 19 min |
| September | 6:26 AM | 6:51 AMfirst light 6:26 | 7:13 PMlast light 7:38 | 7:38 PM | 12 h 23 min |
| October | 6:45 AM | 7:10 AMfirst light 6:45 | 6:35 PMlast light 6:59 | 6:59 PM | 11 h 25 min |
| November | 6:09 AM | 6:35 AMfirst light 6:09 | 5:08 PMlast light 5:34 | 5:34 PM | 10 h 33 min |
| December | 6:32 AM | 6:59 AMfirst light 6:32 | 5:05 PMlast light 5:32 | 5:32 PM | 10 h 5 min |
Nearby
- Albuquerque, NM: 230 miles away, sunset today 6:22 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Tucson: 265 miles away, sunset today 5:43 PM.
- Phoenix, AZ: 345 miles away, sunset today 5:46 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Colorado Springs: 498 miles away, sunset today 6:10 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.