Daylight today
Oklahoma City gets 11 hours of daylight today, 2 min less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 15 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 9 h 45 min. The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Oklahoma City apart
- The sun is highest at 1:30 PM on the longest day, 30 minutes after 1 PM, because Oklahoma City sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Oklahoma City sits at about the latitude of Tokyo, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 4 h 48 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 33 min on the longest day against 9 h 45 min on the shortest.
First light and last light
First light comes 26 minutes before sunrise today, at 7:19 AM, and last light 26 minutes after sunset, at 7:11 PM. Between them the sky is bright enough to see by: 11 hours 52 minutes, against 11 h with the sun up. First and last light are when 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 7:51 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 5:36 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Oklahoma City
In 2026 the days in Oklahoma City bottom out at 9 h 45 min on December 22 and peak at 14 h 33 min on June 21. The darkest evenings come before the shortest day (the earliest sunset is on December 1) and the darkest mornings after it (the latest sunrise is on December 30).
Oklahoma City's days run from 9 h 45 min to 14 h 33 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Oklahoma City.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:12 AM | 7:39 AMfirst light 7:12 | 5:41 PMlast light 6:09 | 6:09 PM | 10 h 1 min |
| February | 6:52 AM | 7:18 AMfirst light 6:52 | 6:13 PMlast light 6:39 | 6:39 PM | 10 h 55 min |
| March | 7:16 AM | 7:42 AMfirst light 7:16 | 7:38 PMlast light 8:03 | 8:03 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| April | 6:32 AM | 6:58 AMfirst light 6:32 | 8:03 PMlast light 8:29 | 8:29 PM | 13 h 5 min |
| May | 5:58 AM | 6:26 AMfirst light 5:58 | 8:28 PMlast light 8:57 | 8:57 PM | 14 h 2 min |
| June | 5:45 AM | 6:15 AMfirst light 5:45 | 8:48 PMlast light 9:18 | 9:18 PM | 14 h 32 min |
| July | 5:58 AM | 6:27 AMfirst light 5:58 | 8:46 PMlast light 9:16 | 9:16 PM | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 6:23 AM | 6:50 AMfirst light 6:23 | 8:21 PMlast light 8:48 | 8:48 PM | 13 h 31 min |
| September | 6:48 AM | 7:14 AMfirst light 6:48 | 7:39 PMlast light 8:04 | 8:04 PM | 12 h 25 min |
| October | 7:11 AM | 7:37 AMfirst light 7:11 | 6:56 PMlast light 7:22 | 7:22 PM | 11 h 19 min |
| November | 6:39 AM | 7:06 AMfirst light 6:39 | 5:25 PMlast light 5:52 | 5:52 PM | 10 h 18 min |
| December | 7:04 AM | 7:33 AMfirst light 7:04 | 5:19 PMlast light 5:48 | 5:48 PM | 9 h 47 min |
Nearby
- Tulsa, OK: 98 miles away, sunset today 6:38 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Fort Worth: 188 miles away, sunset today 6:47 PM.
- Dallas, TX: 190 miles away, sunset today 6:45 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Kansas City: 298 miles away, sunset today 6:29 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.
Know when to get outside.
First light, sunrise, sunset and last light in Oklahoma City, the best time to go out today, and how much light has come back since the darkest day.