Sunset and sunrise times in Recife, Brazil

In Recife, Brazil the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 17:13 and rises at 04:59. Daylight lasts 12h 14m; evening golden hour runs from 16:46 to 17:26.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light: 04:38
Sunrise: 04:59
Solar noon: 11:06
Sunset: 17:13
Last light: 17:34
Day length: 12h 14m

17h 11m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 16:46 – 17:26
Blue hour: 17:26 – 17:34
Max sun altitude: 88.7°
Moon: 🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset: 04:47 / 17:23

The sun sets at 263° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 17:13 Golden hour 16:45 – 17:26 Day length 12h 14m vs today the same length

Where Recife is

Coordinates: 8.0539° S, 34.8811° W
Time zone: America/Recife
Current offset: UTC-03:00
Elevation: 8 m
Population: 1,653,461

Sunrise and sunset in Recife, October 2026

October 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Thu 1	04:43	05:03	11:09	17:14	17:35	12h 10m	+0:27	16:46–17:27	🌖 73%
Fri 2	04:42	05:03	11:08	17:14	17:35	12h 10m	+0:27	16:46–17:27	🌖 62%
Sat 3	04:41	05:02	11:08	17:14	17:35	12h 11m	+0:27	16:46–17:27	🌗 50%
Sun 4	04:41	05:02	11:08	17:14	17:35	12h 11m	+0:27	16:46–17:27	🌘 38%
Mon 5	04:40	05:01	11:07	17:14	17:35	12h 12m	+0:27	16:46–17:26	🌘 27%
Tue 6	04:40	05:01	11:07	17:14	17:35	12h 12m	+0:27	16:46–17:26	🌘 18%
Wed 7	04:39	05:00	11:07	17:13	17:34	12h 13m	+0:26	16:46–17:26	🌘 10%
Thu 8	04:39	05:00	11:07	17:13	17:34	12h 13m	+0:26	16:46–17:26	🌘 4%
Fri 9	04:38	04:59	11:06	17:13	17:34	12h 14m	+0:26	16:46–17:26	🌘 1%
Sat 10	04:38	04:59	11:06	17:13	17:34	12h 14m	+0:26	16:46–17:26	🌑 0%
Sun 11	04:37	04:58	11:06	17:13	17:34	12h 14m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 1%
Mon 12	04:37	04:58	11:05	17:13	17:34	12h 15m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 5%
Tue 13	04:36	04:57	11:05	17:13	17:34	12h 15m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 9%
Wed 14	04:36	04:57	11:05	17:13	17:34	12h 16m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 16%
Thu 15	04:35	04:56	11:05	17:13	17:34	12h 16m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 23%
Fri 16	04:35	04:56	11:05	17:13	17:34	12h 17m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 31%
Sat 17	04:34	04:56	11:04	17:13	17:34	12h 17m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 40%
Sun 18	04:34	04:55	11:04	17:13	17:34	12h 17m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌓 50%
Mon 19	04:34	04:55	11:04	17:13	17:34	12h 18m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌔 59%
Tue 20	04:33	04:54	11:04	17:13	17:35	12h 18m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌔 69%
Wed 21	04:33	04:54	11:04	17:13	17:35	12h 19m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌔 77%
Thu 22	04:32	04:54	11:03	17:13	17:35	12h 19m	+0:25	16:45–17:26	🌔 85%
Fri 23	04:32	04:53	11:03	17:13	17:35	12h 20m	+0:25	16:45–17:27	🌔 92%
Sat 24	04:32	04:53	11:03	17:13	17:35	12h 20m	+0:25	16:45–17:27	🌔 97%
Sun 25	04:31	04:53	11:03	17:14	17:35	12h 20m	+0:25	16:45–17:27	🌔 99%
Mon 26	04:31	04:52	11:03	17:14	17:35	12h 21m	+0:25	16:45–17:27	🌕 100%
Tue 27	04:31	04:52	11:03	17:14	17:35	12h 21m	+0:25	16:45–17:27	🌖 97%
Wed 28	04:30	04:52	11:03	17:14	17:35	12h 22m	+0:25	16:46–17:27	🌖 93%
Thu 29	04:30	04:51	11:03	17:14	17:36	12h 22m	+0:24	16:46–17:27	🌖 86%
Fri 30	04:30	04:51	11:03	17:14	17:36	12h 23m	+0:24	16:46–17:27	🌖 76%
Sat 31	04:29	04:51	11:03	17:14	17:36	12h 23m	+0:24	16:46–17:28	🌖 66%

More columns for October 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction

October 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date	Astro. dawn	Naut. dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Naut. dusk	Astro. dusk	Night	Max altitude	Sunset direction
Thu 1	03:54	04:18	05:03	17:14	17:59	18:24	11h 48m	85.3°	266° W
Fri 2	03:53	04:18	05:03	17:14	17:59	18:24	11h 48m	85.7°	266° W
Sat 3	03:53	04:17	05:02	17:14	17:59	18:24	11h 48m	86.1°	266° W
Sun 4	03:52	04:17	05:02	17:14	17:59	18:23	11h 47m	86.4°	265° W
Mon 5	03:52	04:16	05:01	17:14	17:59	18:23	11h 47m	86.8°	265° W
Tue 6	03:51	04:15	05:01	17:14	17:59	18:23	11h 46m	87.2°	264° W
Wed 7	03:50	04:15	05:00	17:13	17:59	18:23	11h 46m	87.6°	264° W
Thu 8	03:50	04:14	05:00	17:13	17:59	18:23	11h 45m	88.0°	264° W
Fri 9	03:49	04:14	04:59	17:13	17:59	18:23	11h 45m	88.4°	263° W
Sat 10	03:49	04:13	04:59	17:13	17:59	18:23	11h 45m	88.7°	263° W
Sun 11	03:48	04:13	04:58	17:13	17:59	18:23	11h 44m	89.1°	263° W
Mon 12	03:48	04:12	04:58	17:13	17:59	18:24	11h 44m	89.5°	262° W
Tue 13	03:47	04:12	04:57	17:13	17:59	18:24	11h 43m	89.9°	262° W
Wed 14	03:47	04:11	04:57	17:13	17:59	18:24	11h 43m	89.8°	261° W
Thu 15	03:46	04:11	04:56	17:13	17:59	18:24	11h 42m	89.4°	261° W
Fri 16	03:46	04:10	04:56	17:13	17:59	18:24	11h 42m	89.0°	261° W
Sat 17	03:45	04:10	04:56	17:13	17:59	18:24	11h 42m	88.7°	260° W
Sun 18	03:44	04:09	04:55	17:13	17:59	18:24	11h 41m	88.3°	260° W
Mon 19	03:44	04:09	04:55	17:13	17:59	18:24	11h 41m	87.9°	260° W
Tue 20	03:43	04:08	04:54	17:13	17:59	18:24	11h 40m	87.6°	259° W
Wed 21	03:43	04:08	04:54	17:13	17:59	18:24	11h 40m	87.2°	259° W
Thu 22	03:43	04:08	04:54	17:13	18:00	18:25	11h 39m	86.9°	258° WSW
Fri 23	03:42	04:07	04:53	17:13	18:00	18:25	11h 39m	86.5°	258° WSW
Sat 24	03:42	04:07	04:53	17:13	18:00	18:25	11h 39m	86.2°	258° WSW
Sun 25	03:41	04:06	04:53	17:14	18:00	18:25	11h 38m	85.8°	257° WSW
Mon 26	03:41	04:06	04:52	17:14	18:00	18:25	11h 38m	85.5°	257° WSW
Tue 27	03:40	04:06	04:52	17:14	18:00	18:26	11h 37m	85.1°	257° WSW
Wed 28	03:40	04:05	04:52	17:14	18:01	18:26	11h 37m	84.8°	256° WSW
Thu 29	03:40	04:05	04:51	17:14	18:01	18:26	11h 37m	84.5°	256° WSW
Fri 30	03:39	04:04	04:51	17:14	18:01	18:26	11h 36m	84.2°	256° WSW
Sat 31	03:39	04:04	04:51	17:14	18:01	18:27	11h 36m	83.8°	255° WSW

November 2026

November 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Sun 1	04:29	04:51	11:03	17:15	17:36	12h 23m	+0:24	16:46–17:28	🌗 54%
Mon 2	04:29	04:51	11:03	17:15	17:36	12h 24m	+0:24	16:46–17:28	🌘 43%
Tue 3	04:29	04:50	11:03	17:15	17:37	12h 24m	+0:23	16:46–17:28	🌘 31%
Wed 4	04:28	04:50	11:03	17:15	17:37	12h 24m	+0:23	16:46–17:28	🌘 22%
Thu 5	04:28	04:50	11:03	17:15	17:37	12h 25m	+0:23	16:47–17:29	🌘 13%
Fri 6	04:28	04:50	11:03	17:16	17:37	12h 25m	+0:23	16:47–17:29	🌘 7%
Sat 7	04:28	04:50	11:03	17:16	17:38	12h 26m	+0:22	16:47–17:29	🌘 3%
Sun 8	04:28	04:50	11:03	17:16	17:38	12h 26m	+0:22	16:47–17:29	🌘 1%
Mon 9	04:28	04:49	11:03	17:16	17:38	12h 26m	+0:22	16:47–17:30	🌑 0%
Tue 10	04:27	04:49	11:03	17:17	17:39	12h 27m	+0:22	16:48–17:30	🌒 2%
Wed 11	04:27	04:49	11:03	17:17	17:39	12h 27m	+0:21	16:48–17:30	🌒 6%
Thu 12	04:27	04:49	11:03	17:17	17:39	12h 27m	+0:21	16:48–17:31	🌒 11%
Fri 13	04:27	04:49	11:03	17:17	17:40	12h 28m	+0:21	16:48–17:31	🌒 17%
Sat 14	04:27	04:49	11:03	17:18	17:40	12h 28m	+0:20	16:49–17:31	🌒 24%
Sun 15	04:27	04:49	11:04	17:18	17:40	12h 28m	+0:20	16:49–17:32	🌒 33%
Mon 16	04:27	04:49	11:04	17:18	17:41	12h 29m	+0:20	16:49–17:32	🌒 42%
Tue 17	04:27	04:49	11:04	17:19	17:41	12h 29m	+0:19	16:50–17:32	🌓 52%
Wed 18	04:27	04:49	11:04	17:19	17:41	12h 29m	+0:19	16:50–17:33	🌔 62%
Thu 19	04:27	04:49	11:04	17:20	17:42	12h 30m	+0:18	16:50–17:33	🌔 72%
Fri 20	04:27	04:49	11:05	17:20	17:42	12h 30m	+0:18	16:51–17:34	🌔 81%
Sat 21	04:27	04:50	11:05	17:20	17:43	12h 30m	+0:18	16:51–17:34	🌔 88%
Sun 22	04:27	04:50	11:05	17:21	17:43	12h 31m	+0:17	16:51–17:34	🌔 94%
Mon 23	04:27	04:50	11:05	17:21	17:44	12h 31m	+0:17	16:52–17:35	🌔 98%
Tue 24	04:28	04:50	11:06	17:22	17:44	12h 31m	+0:16	16:52–17:35	🌕 100%
Wed 25	04:28	04:50	11:06	17:22	17:44	12h 31m	+0:16	16:52–17:36	🌖 99%
Thu 26	04:28	04:50	11:06	17:22	17:45	12h 32m	+0:15	16:53–17:36	🌖 95%
Fri 27	04:28	04:51	11:07	17:23	17:45	12h 32m	+0:15	16:53–17:37	🌖 88%
Sat 28	04:28	04:51	11:07	17:23	17:46	12h 32m	+0:14	16:54–17:37	🌖 80%
Sun 29	04:28	04:51	11:07	17:24	17:46	12h 32m	+0:14	16:54–17:38	🌖 70%
Mon 30	04:29	04:51	11:08	17:24	17:47	12h 33m	+0:13	16:55–17:38	🌖 59%

Longest and shortest day in Recife

The longest day falls on 21 December 2026, in 2 months, with 12h 35m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 11h 39m.

Between them the day length swings by 56m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:07 on 26 May; the latest is 17:46 on 29 January. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 04:49 on 15 November to 05:34 on 15 July.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 6m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Recife different

On standard time the sun peaks at 11:06, 54 minutes before clock noon, because the city sits near the eastern edge of its time zone. Sunrise and sunset are pushed the same way.

Light lingers for 21 minutes after sunset before civil twilight ends — 3 minutes shorter than the 24-minute median across tracked cities, which is what 8.1°S buys you.

The gap between the longest and shortest day of the year comes to 56m, one of the narrowest swings of any Brazil city on the site.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it WSW, June swings it 47° round to WNW. Tonight, W.

On 28 February and 14 October the midday sun stands at the zenith, 228 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow. The next one is in 4 days.

The longest and shortest days of the year differ by just 56 minutes here. In London the same gap is around 8.8 hours. That is about 9 times less seasonal variation.

Sitting in 2 months of the longest day (21 December) means the sun has almost stopped drifting — 12h 14m of daylight today, and only 0 minutes of movement in sunset over the next two weeks.

Planning a sunset photo in Recife

Arrive by 16:31. Golden hour opens at 16:46 and the sun is down by 17:13, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 263° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 17:26 and runs to 17:34, the end of civil twilight and 21m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Recife — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Recife today?

The sun sets in Recife at 17:13 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Recife?

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 17:34 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Recife?

Evening golden hour runs 16:46 to 17:26 today, lasting 40m. Full golden hour times for Recife covers the morning window and the coming week.