Sunset & Sunrise Today in Fort Collins, Colorado

Today, Wednesday, October 14, sunset in Fort Collins is at 6:21 PM and sunrise was at 7:10 AM, giving Fort Collins 11h 10m between first and last light. Local solar noon in Fort Collins falls at 12:46 PM.

Because Fort Collins is at 40.59° (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 37 seconds. This is autumn in Fort Collins, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Fort Collins 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 6:49 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Fort Collins is at 6:19 PM and sunrise at 7:11 AM — about 2m 35s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Fort Collins drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Fort Collins, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Fort Collins ranges from as early as 4:32 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:34 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 04m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 15m.