Sunset & Sunrise Today in Rochester, New York

Today, Thursday, October 15, sunset in Rochester is at 6:27 PM and sunrise was at 7:24 AM, giving Rochester 11h 02m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Rochester, is at 12:56 PM.

Sitting at 43.15° latitude puts Rochester in 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 50 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Rochester keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Rochester runs from about 5:49 PM to 6:45 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:45 PM to 6:56 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Rochester is at 6:25 PM and sunrise at 7:25 AM — about 2m 51s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Rochester drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Rochester, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Rochester ranges from as early as 4:34 PM (around December 6) to as late as 8:54 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 22m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 58m.