Daylight today
From sunrise to sunset, Omaha has 10 hours 45 minutes today. That's 2 min 30 sec shorter than yesterday's day, and 1 hour 33 minutes longer than the darkest day of the past winter, December 21, 2025 (9 h 12 min). The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Omaha apart
- Omaha sits at about the latitude of Barcelona, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 5 h 58 min longer than its shortest: 15 h 9 min on the longest day against 9 h 12 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, Omaha gets 9 h 12 min of daylight, 10th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
First light comes 28 minutes before sunrise today, at 7:18 AM, and last light 28 minutes after sunset, at 6:59 PM. Between them the sky is bright enough to see by: 11 hours 41 minutes, against 10 h 45 min with the sun up. First and last light are when the sun is 6° below the horizon; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In Omaha that takes sunset from 6:22 PM the day before to 5:20 PM, and sunrise from 7:54 AM to 6:56 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Omaha
Omaha's shortest day in 2026 is December 22, with 9 h 12 min of daylight, and its longest June 21, with 15 h 9 min. Neither the earliest sunset nor the latest sunrise falls on the shortest day: the earliest sunset comes on December 2, the latest sunrise on December 29.
Omaha's days run from 9 h 12 min to 15 h 9 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Omaha.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:17 AM | 7:48 AMfirst light 7:17 | 5:20 PMlast light 5:50 | 5:50 PM | 9 h 32 min |
| February | 6:51 AM | 7:20 AMfirst light 6:51 | 5:58 PMlast light 6:26 | 6:26 PM | 10 h 39 min |
| March | 7:09 AM | 7:36 AMfirst light 7:09 | 7:31 PMlast light 7:58 | 7:58 PM | 11 h 54 min |
| April | 6:16 AM | 6:45 AMfirst light 6:16 | 8:04 PMlast light 8:32 | 8:32 PM | 13 h 19 min |
| May | 5:35 AM | 6:06 AMfirst light 5:35 | 8:36 PMlast light 9:07 | 9:07 PM | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 5:17 AM | 5:51 AMfirst light 5:17 | 8:59 PMlast light 9:33 | 9:33 PM | 15 h 8 min |
| July | 5:32 AM | 6:04 AMfirst light 5:32 | 8:56 PMlast light 9:29 | 9:29 PM | 14 h 52 min |
| August | 6:04 AM | 6:34 AMfirst light 6:04 | 8:24 PMlast light 8:54 | 8:54 PM | 13 h 51 min |
| September | 6:37 AM | 7:05 AMfirst light 6:37 | 7:35 PMlast light 8:03 | 8:03 PM | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 7:08 AM | 7:36 AMfirst light 7:08 | 6:44 PMlast light 7:12 | 7:12 PM | 11 h 8 min |
| November | 6:43 AM | 7:13 AMfirst light 6:43 | 5:06 PMlast light 5:35 | 5:35 PM | 9 h 53 min |
| December | 7:12 AM | 7:43 AMfirst light 7:12 | 4:56 PMlast light 5:28 | 5:28 PM | 9 h 13 min |
Nearby
- Kansas City, MO: 165 miles away, sunset today 6:29 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Minneapolis: 290 miles away, sunset today 6:15 PM.
- Tulsa, OK: 353 miles away, sunset today 6:38 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Oklahoma City: 409 miles away, sunset today 6:45 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.