Daylight today
From sunrise to sunset, Nashville has 10 hours 58 minutes today. That's 2 min 10 sec shorter than yesterday's day, and 1 hour 17 minutes longer than the darkest day of the past winter, December 21, 2025 (9 h 42 min). The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Nashville apart
- Nashville sits at about the latitude of Tehran, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 4 h 56 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 37 min on the longest day against 9 h 42 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, Nashville gets 9 h 42 min of daylight, 27th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 6:37 AM, 26 minutes earlier, and last light at 6:27 PM, 26 minutes after sunset: 11 hours 51 minutes of light in Nashville today, 10 h 58 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 7:10 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 4:52 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Nashville
Nashville swings from 9 h 42 min of daylight on December 22 to 14 h 37 min on June 21. Its earliest sunset, though, is on December 3, and its latest sunrise on December 31: the shortest day sits between the two.
Nashville's days run from 9 h 42 min to 14 h 37 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Nashville.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:30 AM | 6:58 AMfirst light 6:30 | 4:56 PMlast light 5:24 | 5:24 PM | 9 h 58 min |
| February | 6:09 AM | 6:36 AMfirst light 6:09 | 5:29 PMlast light 5:55 | 5:55 PM | 10 h 53 min |
| March | 6:33 AM | 6:59 AMfirst light 6:33 | 6:55 PMlast light 7:21 | 7:21 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| April | 5:48 AM | 6:15 AMfirst light 5:48 | 7:21 PMlast light 7:47 | 7:47 PM | 13 h 6 min |
| May | 5:13 AM | 5:42 AMfirst light 5:13 | 7:47 PMlast light 8:15 | 8:15 PM | 14 h 5 min |
| June | 5:00 AM | 5:30 AMfirst light 5:00 | 8:07 PMlast light 8:37 | 8:37 PM | 14 h 36 min |
| July | 5:13 AM | 5:42 AMfirst light 5:13 | 8:05 PMlast light 8:35 | 8:35 PM | 14 h 23 min |
| August | 5:39 AM | 6:06 AMfirst light 5:39 | 7:39 PMlast light 8:06 | 8:06 PM | 13 h 33 min |
| September | 6:05 AM | 6:30 AMfirst light 6:05 | 6:56 PMlast light 7:22 | 7:22 PM | 12 h 26 min |
| October | 6:29 AM | 6:55 AMfirst light 6:29 | 6:13 PMlast light 6:38 | 6:38 PM | 11 h 18 min |
| November | 5:57 AM | 6:25 AMfirst light 5:57 | 4:40 PMlast light 5:08 | 5:08 PM | 10 h 16 min |
| December | 6:23 AM | 6:52 AMfirst light 6:23 | 4:35 PMlast light 5:03 | 5:03 PM | 9 h 43 min |
Nearby
- Louisville, KY: 155 miles away, sunset today 6:54 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Memphis: 196 miles away, sunset today 6:15 PM.
- Atlanta, GA: 215 miles away, sunset today 6:55 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Indianapolis: 251 miles away, sunset today 6:54 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.