Sunset & Sunrise Today in Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York sees the sun come up at 7:29 AM and go down at 6:32 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 03m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Buffalo, is at 1:01 PM.

Buffalo lies at latitude 42.89°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 49 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Buffalo keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Buffalo runs from about 5:55 PM to 6:50 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:50 PM to 7:01 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Buffalo is at 6:30 PM and sunrise at 7:30 AM — about 2m 49s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Buffalo drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Buffalo, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Buffalo ranges from as early as 4:40 PM (around December 6) to as late as 8:58 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 20m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 00m.