Daylight today
Today the sun is up for 11 hours 13 minutes in New Orleans: 1 min 40 sec less than yesterday, and 1 hour more than on December 21, 2025, the darkest day, which had 10 h 13 min. The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets New Orleans apart
- New Orleans sits at about the latitude of Cairo, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 3 h 52 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 4 min on the longest day against 10 h 13 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, New Orleans gets 10 h 13 min of daylight, 45th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
The sky gets light at 6:44 AM, 24 minutes before the sun comes up, and stays light until 6:46 PM, 24 minutes after it sets. That gives New Orleans 12 hours 1 minute of usable light today, against 11 h 13 min of sun. Both are the moment the sun is 6° below the horizon (how DaySight calculates these times).
Clock changes
Clocks go back an hour on Sunday, November 1. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 5:14 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in New Orleans
New Orleans swings from 10 h 13 min of daylight on December 22 to 14 h 4 min on June 21. Its earliest sunset, though, is on November 28, and its latest sunrise on January 6, 2027: the shortest day sits between the two.
New Orleans's days run from 10 h 13 min to 14 h 4 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over New Orleans.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:32 AM | 6:57 AMfirst light 6:32 | 5:23 PMlast light 5:49 | 5:49 PM | 10 h 26 min |
| February | 6:17 AM | 6:41 AMfirst light 6:17 | 5:50 PMlast light 6:14 | 6:14 PM | 11 h 9 min |
| March | 6:47 AM | 7:11 AMfirst light 6:47 | 7:09 PMlast light 7:33 | 7:33 PM | 11 h 58 min |
| April | 6:10 AM | 6:34 AMfirst light 6:10 | 7:28 PMlast light 7:52 | 7:52 PM | 12 h 54 min |
| May | 5:42 AM | 6:08 AMfirst light 5:42 | 7:47 PMlast light 8:13 | 8:13 PM | 13 h 39 min |
| June | 5:32 AM | 6:00 AMfirst light 5:32 | 8:03 PMlast light 8:31 | 8:31 PM | 14 h 4 min |
| July | 5:43 AM | 6:10 AMfirst light 5:43 | 8:04 PMlast light 8:30 | 8:30 PM | 13 h 54 min |
| August | 6:03 AM | 6:29 AMfirst light 6:03 | 7:43 PMlast light 8:08 | 8:08 PM | 13 h 14 min |
| September | 6:22 AM | 6:46 AMfirst light 6:22 | 7:07 PMlast light 7:31 | 7:31 PM | 12 h 22 min |
| October | 6:39 AM | 7:03 AMfirst light 6:39 | 6:31 PMlast light 6:55 | 6:55 PM | 11 h 28 min |
| November | 6:01 AM | 6:26 AMfirst light 6:01 | 5:05 PMlast light 5:31 | 5:31 PM | 10 h 39 min |
| December | 6:23 AM | 6:49 AMfirst light 6:23 | 5:03 PMlast light 5:30 | 5:30 PM | 10 h 14 min |
Nearby
- Houston, TX: 318 miles away, sunset today 6:43 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Memphis: 359 miles away, sunset today 6:15 PM.
- Atlanta, GA: 424 miles away, sunset today 6:55 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Dallas: 442 miles away, sunset today 6:45 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.