Sunset & Sunrise Today in Kent, Washington

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, the sun sets over Kent at 6:22 PM, having risen at 7:26 AM. That works out to 10h 55m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Kent at 12:55 PM.

Because Kent is at 47.38° (the upper mid-latitudes), there is a big difference between long summer days and short winter days. Each day is currently getting about 3 minutes shorter and 19 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Kent keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Kent runs from about 5:41 PM to 6:42 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:42 PM to 6:53 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Kent is at 6:20 PM and sunrise at 7:28 AM — about 3m 19s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Kent drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Kent, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Kent ranges from as early as 4:17 PM (around December 9) to as late as 9:09 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 56m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 26m.