Sunset & Sunrise Today in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Hilton Head Island, South Carolina sees the sun come up at 7:26 AM and go down at 6:50 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 23m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Hilton Head Island falls at 1:08 PM.

Because Hilton Head Island is at 32.19° (the lower mid-latitudes), daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 54 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Hilton Head Island keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

Golden hour in Hilton Head Island this evening is roughly 6:17 PM–7:05 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:05 PM to 7:15 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Hilton Head Island is at 6:48 PM and sunrise at 7:27 AM — about 1m 54s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Hilton Head Island drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Hilton Head Island, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Hilton Head Island ranges from as early as 5:17 PM (around November 28) to as late as 8:33 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 15m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 10h 01m.