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Sunset in Sydney today
October 30, 2026 · Sydney, Australia
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Sunset in Sydney today is at 19:21. Day length is 13h 23m. See below for sunrise, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for Sydney's coordinates and updated daily.
Sydney lies at 34°S. In Sydney, day length ranges from 9h 54m in winter to 14h 24m in summer — a swing of about 4h 31m.
The sun goes down towards the west-southwest in Sydney today, at a bearing of 253°. Civil twilight then lasts another 26 minutes before it gets properly dark. The sun sets 10 minutes earlier in Sydney than in Canberra, 247 km to the southwest. In Sydney, Mrs Macquarie’s Chair on the harbour is a natural place to watch the sun go down.
The time of sunset slides later through spring and earlier through autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and slowest near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunset times shift month by month for Sydney.
The longest day in Sydney is around 14h 24m (around December 21). The shortest is around 9h 54m (around June 21). Days are currently getting longer — gaining about 2 minutes per day.
Sunset in Sydney by month
| Month | Sunset | Sunrise | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20:10 | 06:00 | 14h 10m |
| February | 19:50 | 06:31 | 13h 19m |
| March | 19:16 | 06:55 | 12h 21m |
| April | 17:34 | 06:18 | 11h 16m |
| May | 17:04 | 06:41 | 10h 23m |
| June | 16:54 | 06:59 | 9h 55m |
| July | 17:04 | 06:59 | 10h 6m |
| August | 17:26 | 06:36 | 10h 50m |
| September | 17:47 | 05:56 | 11h 51m |
| October | 19:08 | 06:15 | 12h 53m |
| November | 19:36 | 05:45 | 13h 51m |
| December | 20:02 | 05:39 | 14h 23m |