Sunset & Sunrise Today in Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York sees the sun come up at 6:23 AM and go down at 8:15 PM on Sunday, August 16, 2026 — 13h 52m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Buffalo, is at 1:19 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 35 seconds. Through summer, 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 7:37 PM to 8:34 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:34 PM to 8:46 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Buffalo is at 8:14 PM and sunrise at 6:24 AM — about 2m 36s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Buffalo drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Buffalo, the season of long evenings. 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.