Sunset & Sunrise Today in Bay City, Michigan

In Bay City, Michigan, the sun rises at 7:50 AM and sets at 6:51 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 01m of daylight. Local solar noon in Bay City falls at 1:21 PM.

Because Bay City is at 43.59° (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 53 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Bay City keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Bay City runs from about 6:13 PM to 7:10 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:10 PM to 7:21 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Bay City is at 6:50 PM and sunrise at 7:51 AM — about 2m 53s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Bay City drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Bay City, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Bay City ranges from as early as 4:58 PM (around December 4) to as late as 9:20 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 25m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 55m.