Sunset & Sunrise Today in Bristol, Connecticut

Today, Sunday, August 23, sunset in Bristol is at 7:39 PM and sunrise was at 6:08 AM, giving Bristol 13h 30m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Bristol, is at 12:54 PM.

Sitting at 41.67° latitude puts Bristol 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 35 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Bristol keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Bristol runs from about 7:02 PM to 7:57 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:57 PM to 8:08 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Bristol is at 7:37 PM and sunrise at 6:09 AM — about 2m 36s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Bristol drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Bristol, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Bristol ranges from as early as 4:20 PM (around December 7) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 11m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 08m.