Daylight today
Today the sun is up for 10 hours 58 minutes in Tulsa: 2 min 10 sec less than yesterday, and 1 hour 17 minutes more than on December 21, 2025, the darkest day, which had 9 h 42 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Tulsa apart
- Tulsa sits at about the latitude of Tehran, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 4 h 56 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 37 min on the longest day against 9 h 42 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, Tulsa gets 9 h 42 min of daylight, 28th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
The sky gets light at 7:13 AM, 26 minutes before the sun comes up, and stays light until 7:04 PM, 26 minutes after it sets. That gives Tulsa 11 hours 51 minutes of usable light today, against 10 h 58 min of sun. Both are the moment the sun is 6° below the horizon (how DaySight calculates these times).
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In Tulsa that takes sunset from 6:30 PM the day before to 5:29 PM, and sunrise from 7:46 AM to 6:47 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Tulsa
In 2026 the days in Tulsa bottom out at 9 h 42 min on December 22 and peak at 14 h 37 min on June 21. The darkest evenings come before the shortest day (the earliest sunset is on December 2) and the darkest mornings after it (the latest sunrise is on December 31).
Tulsa's days run from 9 h 42 min to 14 h 37 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Tulsa.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:07 AM | 7:35 AMfirst light 7:07 | 5:33 PMlast light 6:01 | 6:01 PM | 9 h 58 min |
| February | 6:46 AM | 7:12 AMfirst light 6:46 | 6:06 PMlast light 6:32 | 6:32 PM | 10 h 53 min |
| March | 7:10 AM | 7:36 AMfirst light 7:10 | 7:32 PMlast light 7:57 | 7:57 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| April | 6:25 AM | 6:51 AMfirst light 6:25 | 7:58 PMlast light 8:24 | 8:24 PM | 13 h 6 min |
| May | 5:50 AM | 6:19 AMfirst light 5:50 | 8:24 PMlast light 8:52 | 8:52 PM | 14 h 5 min |
| June | 5:37 AM | 6:07 AMfirst light 5:37 | 8:43 PMlast light 9:14 | 9:14 PM | 14 h 36 min |
| July | 5:49 AM | 6:19 AMfirst light 5:49 | 8:42 PMlast light 9:12 | 9:12 PM | 14 h 23 min |
| August | 6:16 AM | 6:43 AMfirst light 6:16 | 8:16 PMlast light 8:43 | 8:43 PM | 13 h 33 min |
| September | 6:41 AM | 7:07 AMfirst light 6:41 | 7:33 PMlast light 7:59 | 7:59 PM | 12 h 26 min |
| October | 7:06 AM | 7:31 AMfirst light 7:06 | 6:49 PMlast light 7:15 | 7:15 PM | 11 h 18 min |
| November | 6:34 AM | 7:02 AMfirst light 6:34 | 5:17 PMlast light 5:45 | 5:45 PM | 10 h 16 min |
| December | 7:00 AM | 7:29 AMfirst light 7:00 | 5:11 PMlast light 5:40 | 5:40 PM | 9 h 43 min |
Nearby
- Oklahoma City, OK: 98 miles away, sunset today 6:45 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Kansas City: 218 miles away, sunset today 6:29 PM.
- Dallas, TX: 238 miles away, sunset today 6:45 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Fort Worth: 247 miles away, sunset today 6:47 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.
Know when to get outside.
First light, sunrise, sunset and last light in Tulsa, the best time to go out today, and how much light has come back since the darkest day.