Sunset & Sunrise Today in Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado sees the sun come up at 6:06 AM and go down at 8:03 PM on Sunday, August 9, 2026 — 13h 56m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Denver, is at 1:05 PM.

Denver lies at latitude 39.74°, 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 9 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Denver keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Denver runs from about 7:27 PM to 8:21 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:21 PM to 8:33 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Denver is at 8:02 PM and sunrise at 6:07 AM — about 2m 11s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Denver drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Denver, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Denver ranges from as early as 4:34 PM (around December 6) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 58m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 20m.