Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Cowes

Sunrise in Cowes today is at 05:24:22 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 08:39:49 PM, giving Cowes 15h 15min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:44:23 AM and ends at 09:20:03 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Cowes or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Cowes. Get a full year of light data with the printable Cowes Photography Planner 2026.

Cowes lies in the temperate zone at 50.8° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Cowes receives 16.5 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:52 AM and sunset at 09:21 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.9 hours — a difference of 8.6 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 04:51, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:22. The evening golden hour in Cowes lasts about 80 minutes in summer and 84 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.