Sunset & Sunrise Today in Kannapolis, North Carolina

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Kannapolis at 6:46 PM, having risen at 7:29 AM. That works out to 11h 17m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Kannapolis at 1:08 PM.

Sitting at 35.49° latitude puts Kannapolis 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 10 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Kannapolis keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Kannapolis's golden hour, about 6:13 PM to 7:03 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:03 PM to 7:12 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Kannapolis is at 6:45 PM and sunrise at 7:29 AM — about 2m 8s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Kannapolis drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Kannapolis, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Kannapolis ranges from as early as 5:09 PM (around November 28) to as late as 8:41 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 33m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 45m.