Sunset & Sunrise Today in Salt Lake City, Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah sees the sun come up at 6:52 AM and go down at 8:04 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 13h 12m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Salt Lake City at 1:28 PM.

Salt Lake City lies at latitude 40.76°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 33 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Salt Lake City move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Salt Lake City's golden hour, about 7:28 PM to 8:22 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:22 PM to 8:32 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Salt Lake City is at 8:02 PM and sunrise at 6:52 AM — about 2m 35s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Salt Lake City drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Salt Lake City, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Salt Lake City ranges from as early as 4:59 PM (around December 3) to as late as 9:02 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 14m.