Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Banff

Sunrise in Banff today is at 05:50:20 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:27:56 PM, giving Banff 15h 37min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 05:08:19 AM and ends at 10:10:12 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Banff or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Banff. Get a full year of light data with the printable Banff Photography Planner 2026.

Banff lies in the temperate zone at 51.2° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Banff receives 16.6 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 05:27 AM and sunset at 10:01 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.9 hours — a difference of 8.7 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 05:26, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 22:01. The evening golden hour in Banff lasts about 81 minutes in summer and 85 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.