Daylight today
Today the sun is up for 10 hours 32 minutes in Portland: 3 min less than yesterday, and 1 hour 50 minutes more than on December 21, 2025, the darkest day, which had 8 h 42 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Portland apart
- Portland's shortest day, 8 h 42 min on December 21, is the 3rd shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight; only cities further north, led by Anchorage have a shorter one.
- Its daylight swings more across the year than almost any other city here: 15 h 41 min on the longest day against 8 h 42 min on the shortest, a difference of 6 h 59 min.
- Portland sits at about the latitude of Milan, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 7:09 AM, 30 minutes earlier, and last light at 6:42 PM, 30 minutes after sunset: 11 hours 32 minutes of light in Portland today, 10 h 32 min of it with the sun up. The sun is 6° below the horizon at each; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In Portland that takes sunset from 6:01 PM the day before to 4:59 PM, and sunrise from 7:50 AM to 6:51 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Portland
Portland's shortest day in 2026 is December 21, with 8 h 42 min of daylight, and its longest June 21, with 15 h 41 min. Neither the earliest sunset nor the latest sunrise falls on the shortest day: the earliest sunset comes on December 7, the latest sunrise on December 31.
Portland's days run from 8 h 42 min to 15 h 41 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Portland.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:15 AM | 7:48 AMfirst light 7:15 | 4:54 PMlast light 5:27 | 5:27 PM | 9 h 6 min |
| February | 6:43 AM | 7:13 AMfirst light 6:43 | 5:38 PMlast light 6:09 | 6:09 PM | 10 h 25 min |
| March | 6:55 AM | 7:24 AMfirst light 6:55 | 7:17 PMlast light 7:46 | 7:46 PM | 11 h 53 min |
| April | 5:55 AM | 6:26 AMfirst light 5:55 | 7:57 PMlast light 8:28 | 8:28 PM | 13 h 31 min |
| May | 5:06 AM | 5:41 AMfirst light 5:06 | 8:35 PMlast light 9:10 | 9:10 PM | 14 h 54 min |
| June | 4:44 AM | 5:22 AMfirst light 4:44 | 9:02 PMlast light 9:40 | 9:40 PM | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 5:01 AM | 5:37 AMfirst light 5:01 | 8:57 PMlast light 9:34 | 9:34 PM | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 5:40 AM | 6:12 AMfirst light 5:40 | 8:20 PMlast light 8:52 | 8:52 PM | 14 h 8 min |
| September | 6:20 AM | 6:50 AMfirst light 6:20 | 7:24 PMlast light 7:53 | 7:53 PM | 12 h 34 min |
| October | 6:58 AM | 7:28 AMfirst light 6:58 | 6:27 PMlast light 6:56 | 6:56 PM | 10 h 59 min |
| November | 6:39 AM | 7:11 AMfirst light 6:39 | 4:42 PMlast light 5:14 | 5:14 PM | 9 h 31 min |
| December | 7:11 AM | 7:45 AMfirst light 7:11 | 4:29 PMlast light 5:03 | 5:03 PM | 8 h 44 min |
Nearby
- Seattle, WA: 145 miles away, sunset today 6:06 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Sacramento: 483 miles away, sunset today 6:17 PM.
- San Francisco, CA: 535 miles away, sunset today 6:22 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in San Jose: 566 miles away, sunset today 6:20 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.