Sunset & Sunrise Today in Durham, North Carolina

On Sunday, August 9, 2026, the sun sets over Durham at 8:12 PM, having risen at 6:29 AM. That works out to 13h 42m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Durham at 1:21 PM.

Sitting at 35.99° latitude puts Durham 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 1 minute shorter and 52 seconds. This is summer in Durham, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Durham runs from about 7:37 PM to 8:29 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:29 PM to 8:40 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Durham is at 8:10 PM and sunrise at 6:30 AM — about 1m 54s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Durham drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Durham, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Durham ranges from as early as 5:00 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:36 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 35m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 42m.