Sunset & Sunrise Today in Butte, Montana

On Wednesday, July 15, 2026, the sun sets over Butte at 9:17 PM, having risen at 5:54 AM. That works out to 15h 22m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Butte at 1:36 PM.

Butte lies at latitude 46.00°, in the upper mid-latitudes, where there is a big difference between long summer days and short winter days. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 42 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Butte move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Butte runs from about 8:33 PM to 9:40 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 9:40 PM to 9:54 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Butte is at 9:16 PM and sunrise at 5:55 AM — about 1m 45s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Butte drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Butte right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Butte ranges from as early as 4:44 PM (around December 5) to as late as 9:24 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 44m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 37m.