Sunset & Sunrise Today in Burlington, Vermont

In Burlington, Vermont, the sun rises at 6:12 AM and sets at 7:34 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 13h 21m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Burlington at 12:53 PM.

Sitting at 44.48° latitude puts Burlington 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 55 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Burlington move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Burlington runs from about 6:56 PM to 7:53 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:53 PM to 8:05 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Burlington is at 7:32 PM and sunrise at 6:13 AM — about 2m 57s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Burlington drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Burlington, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Burlington ranges from as early as 4:12 PM (around December 6) to as late as 8:41 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 32m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 49m.