Sunset & Sunrise Today in Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks, Alaska sees the sun come up at 6:22 AM and go down at 9:18 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 14h 55m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Fairbanks falls at 1:51 PM.

Sitting at 64.84° latitude puts Fairbanks in a high latitude — summer days are very long and winter days very short. Each day is currently getting about 6 minutes shorter and 45 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Fairbanks keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

Golden hour in Fairbanks this evening is roughly 8:13 PM–9:53 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 9:53 PM to 10:15 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Fairbanks is at 9:14 PM and sunrise at 6:26 AM — about 6m 44s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Fairbanks drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Fairbanks right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Fairbanks ranges from as early as 12:01 AM (around May 31) to as late as 11:57 PM (around May 29). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 21h 46m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 3h 39m.