Sunset & Sunrise Today in Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida sees the sun come up at 7:30 AM and go down at 7:00 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 29m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Tampa falls at 1:15 PM.

Sitting at 27.95° latitude puts Tampa in the lower mid-latitudes — daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 36 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Tampa keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Tampa runs from about 6:29 PM to 7:15 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:15 PM to 7:24 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Tampa is at 6:59 PM and sunrise at 7:30 AM — about 1m 35s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Tampa drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Tampa, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Tampa ranges from as early as 5:33 PM (around November 26) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 30). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 13h 54m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 10h 21m.