Daylight today
Honolulu gets 11 hours 30 minutes of daylight today, 1 min 10 sec less than yesterday. That's 40 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 10 h 50 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Honolulu apart
- Even on its shortest day, December 21, Honolulu gets 10 h 50 min of daylight: the longest winter day of the 51 cities on DaySight.
- The sun is highest at 12:31 PM on the longest day, 31 minutes after noon, because Honolulu sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Even its earliest sunset, 5:49 PM on November 22, is the latest of the 51 cities' earliest sunsets.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 6:09 AM, 23 minutes earlier, and last light at 6:24 PM, 23 minutes after sunset: 12 hours 15 minutes of light in Honolulu today, 11 h 30 min of it with the sun up. The sun is 6° below the horizon at each; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
No clock changes here: Hawaii keeps standard time all year. Honolulu's sunrise drifts from 5:50 AM at its earliest (May 28) to 7:12 AM at its latest (January 9, 2027), and nothing jumps overnight.
The year in Honolulu
Honolulu's shortest day in 2026 is December 21, with 10 h 50 min of daylight, and its longest June 21, with 13 h 26 min. Neither the earliest sunset nor the latest sunrise falls on the shortest day: the earliest sunset comes on November 22, the latest sunrise on January 9, 2027.
Honolulu's days run from 10 h 50 min to 13 h 26 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Honolulu.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:48 AM | 7:12 AMfirst light 6:48 | 6:11 PMlast light 6:35 | 6:35 PM | 10 h 59 min |
| February | 6:40 AM | 7:03 AMfirst light 6:40 | 6:30 PMlast light 6:53 | 6:53 PM | 11 h 27 min |
| March | 6:19 AM | 6:41 AMfirst light 6:19 | 6:42 PMlast light 7:04 | 7:04 PM | 12 h 1 min |
| April | 5:50 AM | 6:13 AMfirst light 5:50 | 6:51 PMlast light 7:14 | 7:14 PM | 12 h 38 min |
| May | 5:30 AM | 5:54 AMfirst light 5:30 | 7:03 PMlast light 7:27 | 7:27 PM | 13 h 9 min |
| June | 5:25 AM | 5:50 AMfirst light 5:25 | 7:15 PMlast light 7:40 | 7:40 PM | 13 h 25 min |
| July | 5:34 AM | 5:59 AMfirst light 5:34 | 7:17 PMlast light 7:42 | 7:42 PM | 13 h 18 min |
| August | 5:48 AM | 6:11 AMfirst light 5:48 | 7:03 PMlast light 7:26 | 7:26 PM | 12 h 52 min |
| September | 5:57 AM | 6:19 AMfirst light 5:57 | 6:36 PMlast light 6:58 | 6:58 PM | 12 h 16 min |
| October | 6:05 AM | 6:28 AMfirst light 6:05 | 6:08 PMlast light 6:30 | 6:30 PM | 11 h 40 min |
| November | 6:20 AM | 6:43 AMfirst light 6:20 | 5:51 PMlast light 6:14 | 6:14 PM | 11 h 7 min |
| December | 6:38 AM | 7:02 AMfirst light 6:38 | 5:53 PMlast light 6:17 | 6:17 PM | 10 h 51 min |
Nearby
- San Francisco, CA: 2,395 miles away, sunset today 6:22 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in San Jose: 2,413 miles away, sunset today 6:20 PM.
- Sacramento, CA: 2,460 miles away, sunset today 6:17 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Fresno: 2,514 miles away, sunset today 6:12 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.