Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Galway

Sunrise in Galway today is at 06:35:37 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 08:39:14 PM, giving Galway 14h 3min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 05:57:23 AM and ends at 09:17:14 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Galway or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Galway. Get a full year of light data with the printable Galway Photography Planner 2026.

Galway lies in the temperate zone at 53.3° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Galway receives 17.0 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 05:08 AM and sunset at 10:07 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.5 hours — a difference of 9.5 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 05:08, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 22:07. The evening golden hour in Galway lasts about 88 minutes in summer and 93 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.