Sunset & Sunrise Today in Somerville, Massachusetts

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Somerville at 6:02 PM, having risen at 6:57 AM. That works out to 11h 04m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Somerville at 12:30 PM.

Sitting at 42.39° latitude puts Somerville 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 autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Somerville move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Somerville this evening is roughly 5:24 PM–6:20 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:20 PM to 6:30 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Somerville is at 6:00 PM and sunrise at 6:58 AM — about 2m 45s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Somerville drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Somerville, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Somerville ranges from as early as 4:11 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:25 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 16m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 03m.