Sunset & Sunrise Today in Fayetteville, Arkansas

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Fayetteville at 6:40 PM, having risen at 7:23 AM. That works out to 11h 16m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Fayetteville, is at 1:02 PM.

Sitting at 36.06° latitude puts Fayetteville in the mid-latitudes — daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 12 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Fayetteville move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Fayetteville's golden hour, about 6:06 PM to 6:56 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:56 PM to 7:06 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Fayetteville is at 6:39 PM and sunrise at 7:24 AM — about 2m 11s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Fayetteville drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Fayetteville, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Fayetteville ranges from as early as 5:01 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:37 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 36m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 41m.