Daylight today
Tampa gets 11 hours 17 minutes of daylight today, 1 min 30 sec less than yesterday. That's 55 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 10 h 22 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Tampa apart
- Even on its shortest day, December 22, Tampa gets 10 h 22 min of daylight: the 4th longest winter day of the 51 cities on DaySight.
- The sun is highest at 1:29 PM on the longest day, 29 minutes after 1 PM, because Tampa sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Even its earliest sunset, 5:35 PM on November 26, is the 4th latest of the 51 cities' earliest sunsets.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 7:12 AM, 24 minutes earlier, and last light at 7:17 PM, 24 minutes after sunset: 12 hours 5 minutes of light in Tampa today, 11 h 17 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 Tampa that takes sunset from 6:47 PM the day before to 5:47 PM, and sunrise from 7:41 AM to 6:42 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Tampa
In 2026 the days in Tampa bottom out at 10 h 22 min on December 22 and peak at 13 h 55 min on June 21. The darkest evenings come before the shortest day (the earliest sunset is on November 26) and the darkest mornings after it (the latest sunrise is on January 5, 2027).
Tampa's days run from 10 h 22 min to 13 h 55 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Tampa.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:58 AM | 7:23 AMfirst light 6:58 | 5:57 PMlast light 6:22 | 6:22 PM | 10 h 34 min |
| February | 6:44 AM | 7:08 AMfirst light 6:44 | 6:21 PMlast light 6:45 | 6:45 PM | 11 h 13 min |
| March | 7:17 AM | 7:40 AMfirst light 7:17 | 7:39 PMlast light 8:02 | 8:02 PM | 11 h 59 min |
| April | 6:42 AM | 7:06 AMfirst light 6:42 | 7:55 PMlast light 8:19 | 8:19 PM | 12 h 50 min |
| May | 6:16 AM | 6:41 AMfirst light 6:16 | 8:13 PMlast light 8:38 | 8:38 PM | 13 h 32 min |
| June | 6:07 AM | 6:34 AMfirst light 6:07 | 8:28 PMlast light 8:55 | 8:55 PM | 13 h 54 min |
| July | 6:18 AM | 6:44 AMfirst light 6:18 | 8:29 PMlast light 8:55 | 8:55 PM | 13 h 45 min |
| August | 6:36 AM | 7:01 AMfirst light 6:36 | 8:10 PMlast light 8:34 | 8:34 PM | 13 h 9 min |
| September | 6:52 AM | 7:16 AMfirst light 6:52 | 7:36 PMlast light 8:00 | 8:00 PM | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 7:07 AM | 7:31 AMfirst light 7:07 | 7:02 PMlast light 7:25 | 7:25 PM | 11 h 31 min |
| November | 6:27 AM | 6:52 AMfirst light 6:27 | 5:38 PMlast light 6:03 | 6:03 PM | 10 h 46 min |
| December | 6:49 AM | 7:14 AMfirst light 6:49 | 5:37 PMlast light 6:03 | 6:03 PM | 10 h 23 min |
Nearby
- Naples, FL: 131 miles away, sunset today 6:52 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Jacksonville: 172 miles away, sunset today 6:47 PM.
- Miami, FL: 206 miles away, sunset today 6:46 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Atlanta: 417 miles away, sunset today 6:55 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.