Sunset & Sunrise Today in Arvada, Colorado

In Arvada, Colorado, the sun rises at 6:25 AM and sets at 7:35 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 13h 09m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Arvada at 1:01 PM.

Sitting at 39.80° latitude puts Arvada 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 28 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Arvada move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Arvada this evening is roughly 7:00 PM–7:53 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:53 PM to 8:04 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Arvada is at 7:34 PM and sunrise at 6:26 AM — about 2m 30s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Arvada drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Arvada, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Arvada ranges from as early as 4:35 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:32 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 59m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 20m.