Sunset & Sunrise Today in New Britain, Connecticut

New Britain, Connecticut sees the sun come up at 6:14 AM and go down at 7:28 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 13h 14m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above New Britain at 12:52 PM.

Sitting at 41.66° latitude puts New Britain 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 39 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in New Britain move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in New Britain runs from about 6:52 PM to 7:47 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:47 PM to 7:58 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in New Britain is at 7:27 PM and sunrise at 6:15 AM — about 2m 39s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in New Britain drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in New Britain, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in New Britain ranges from as early as 4:20 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:29 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 11m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 08m.