Sunset & Sunrise Today in Dothan, Alabama

In Dothan, Alabama, the sun rises at 6:16 AM and sets at 7:08 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 12h 52m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Dothan, is at 12:42 PM.

Dothan lies at latitude 31.22°, in the lower mid-latitudes, where daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 47 seconds. This is summer in Dothan, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Dothan runs from about 6:36 PM to 7:24 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:24 PM to 7:33 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Dothan is at 7:07 PM and sunrise at 6:16 AM — about 1m 48s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Dothan drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Dothan right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Dothan ranges from as early as 4:38 PM (around November 27) to as late as 7:49 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 10m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 10h 06m.