Sunset & Sunrise Today in Burlington, North Carolina

Burlington, North Carolina sees the sun come up at 6:42 AM and go down at 7:57 PM on Sunday, August 23, 2026 — 13h 14m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Burlington at 1:20 PM.

Burlington lies at latitude 36.10°, 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 6 seconds. This is summer in Burlington, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Burlington runs from about 7:23 PM to 8:14 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:14 PM to 8:24 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Burlington is at 7:56 PM and sunrise at 6:43 AM — about 2m 7s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Burlington drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Burlington, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Burlington ranges from as early as 5:02 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:38 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 36m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 41m.