Sunset & Sunrise Today in Chinatown, New York

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Chinatown at 6:15 PM, having risen at 7:07 AM. That works out to 11h 07m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Chinatown at 12:41 PM.

Chinatown lies at latitude 40.72°, 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 37 seconds. This is autumn in Chinatown, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Chinatown this evening is roughly 5:39 PM–6:32 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:32 PM to 6:43 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Chinatown is at 6:13 PM and sunrise at 7:08 AM — about 2m 35s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Chinatown drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Chinatown, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Chinatown ranges from as early as 4:28 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 26). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 14m.