Sunset & Sunrise Today in Brighton, Colorado

In Brighton, Colorado, the sun rises at 7:09 AM and sets at 6:20 PM today, Wednesday, October 14, 2026, for a total of 11h 11m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Brighton at 12:45 PM.

Brighton lies at latitude 39.99°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 33 seconds. This is autumn in Brighton, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Brighton runs from about 5:45 PM to 6:38 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:38 PM to 6:48 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Brighton is at 6:19 PM and sunrise at 7:10 AM — about 2m 32s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Brighton drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Brighton, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Brighton ranges from as early as 4:33 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 00m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 19m.