Sunset & Sunrise Today in Fayetteville, North Carolina

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Fayetteville at 6:40 PM, having risen at 7:21 AM. That works out to 11h 18m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Fayetteville, is at 1:01 PM.

Because Fayetteville is at 35.05° (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 7 seconds. This is autumn in Fayetteville, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Fayetteville runs from about 6:06 PM to 6:56 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:56 PM to 7:06 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Fayetteville is at 6:38 PM and sunrise at 7:22 AM — about 2m 7s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Fayetteville drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Fayetteville, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Fayetteville ranges from as early as 5:03 PM (around November 28) to as late as 8:33 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 30m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 47m.