Sunset & Sunrise Today in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the sun rises at 6:41 AM and sets at 7:55 PM today, Sunday, August 23, 2026, for a total of 13h 14m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Chapel Hill, is at 1:19 PM.

Because Chapel Hill is at 35.91° (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 5 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Chapel Hill keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Chapel Hill's golden hour, about 7:22 PM to 8:12 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:12 PM to 8:22 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Chapel Hill is at 7:54 PM and sunrise at 6:42 AM — about 2m 6s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Chapel Hill drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Chapel Hill, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Chapel Hill ranges from as early as 5:01 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:36 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 35m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 42m.