Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Seattle

Sunrise in Seattle today is at 05:22:09 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 08:50:57 PM, giving Seattle 15h 28min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:43:16 AM and ends at 09:29:59 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Seattle or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Seattle. Get a full year of light data with the printable Seattle Photography Planner 2026.

Seattle is in the warm temperate zone, with noticeable seasonal shifts — long summer evenings and shorter winter days. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Seattle receives 16.0 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 05:11 AM and sunset at 09:10 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 8.4 hours — a difference of 7.6 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 05:11, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:10. The evening golden hour in Seattle lasts about 72 minutes in summer and 75 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.