Sunset & Sunrise Today in Pocatello, Idaho

Today, Saturday, August 29, sunset in Pocatello is at 8:08 PM and sunrise was at 6:51 AM, giving Pocatello 13h 17m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Pocatello, is at 1:30 PM.

Sitting at 42.87° latitude puts Pocatello 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 46 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Pocatello move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Pocatello runs from about 7:32 PM to 8:27 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:27 PM to 8:38 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Pocatello is at 8:07 PM and sunrise at 6:52 AM — about 2m 47s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Pocatello drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Pocatello right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Pocatello ranges from as early as 4:55 PM (around December 2) to as late as 9:12 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 20m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 00m.