Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Douala, Cameroon

In Douala, Cameroon the sun sets today, Tuesday 25 August, at 18:29 and rises at 06:16. Daylight lasts 12h 12m; evening golden hour runs from 18:01 to 18:42.

Today, Tuesday 25 August

First light
05:55
Sunrise
06:16
Solar noon
12:23
Sunset
18:29
Last light
18:50
Day length
12h 12m

the sun has already set today

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
18:01 – 18:42
Blue hour
18:42 – 18:50
Max sun altitude
83.4°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
16:33 / 03:57

The sun sets at 281° — face west

Tomorrow, Wednesday 26 August

Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:29 Golden hour 18:01 – 18:42 Day length 12h 12m vs today the same length

Where Douala is

Coordinates
4.0483° N, 9.7043° E
Time zone
Africa/Douala
Current offset
UTC+01:00
Elevation
19 m
Population
1,338,082

Sunrise and sunset in Douala, August 2026

August 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
Sat 1 05:56 06:18 12:27 18:36 18:58 12h 17m −0:10 18:07–18:49 🌖 93%
Sun 2 05:56 06:18 12:27 18:36 18:57 12h 17m −0:10 18:07–18:49 🌖 86%
Mon 3 05:57 06:18 12:27 18:35 18:57 12h 17m −0:10 18:07–18:49 🌖 78%
Tue 4 05:57 06:18 12:27 18:35 18:57 12h 17m −0:10 18:07–18:49 🌖 68%
Wed 5 05:57 06:18 12:27 18:35 18:57 12h 16m −0:11 18:07–18:48 🌖 57%
Thu 6 05:57 06:18 12:27 18:35 18:57 12h 16m −0:11 18:06–18:48 🌗 45%
Fri 7 05:57 06:18 12:26 18:35 18:56 12h 16m −0:11 18:06–18:48 🌘 34%
Sat 8 05:57 06:18 12:26 18:34 18:56 12h 16m −0:11 18:06–18:48 🌘 23%
Sun 9 05:57 06:18 12:26 18:34 18:56 12h 16m −0:11 18:06–18:47 🌘 14%
Mon 10 05:57 06:18 12:26 18:34 18:56 12h 15m −0:11 18:06–18:47 🌘 7%
Tue 11 05:57 06:18 12:26 18:34 18:55 12h 15m −0:11 18:05–18:47 🌘 2%
Wed 12 05:56 06:18 12:26 18:33 18:55 12h 15m −0:12 18:05–18:47 🌑 0%
Thu 13 05:56 06:18 12:26 18:33 18:55 12h 15m −0:12 18:05–18:46 🌒 1%
Fri 14 05:56 06:18 12:25 18:33 18:54 12h 15m −0:12 18:05–18:46 🌒 4%
Sat 15 05:56 06:18 12:25 18:33 18:54 12h 14m −0:12 18:04–18:46 🌒 9%
Sun 16 05:56 06:18 12:25 18:32 18:54 12h 14m −0:12 18:04–18:45 🌒 16%
Mon 17 05:56 06:17 12:25 18:32 18:53 12h 14m −0:12 18:04–18:45 🌒 25%
Tue 18 05:56 06:17 12:25 18:32 18:53 12h 14m −0:12 18:04–18:45 🌒 34%
Wed 19 05:56 06:17 12:24 18:31 18:53 12h 14m −0:12 18:03–18:44 🌒 44%
Thu 20 05:56 06:17 12:24 18:31 18:52 12h 13m −0:12 18:03–18:44 🌓 53%
Fri 21 05:56 06:17 12:24 18:31 18:52 12h 13m −0:12 18:03–18:44 🌔 62%
Sat 22 05:56 06:17 12:24 18:30 18:52 12h 13m −0:12 18:02–18:43 🌔 71%
Sun 23 05:55 06:17 12:23 18:30 18:51 12h 13m −0:12 18:02–18:43 🌔 79%
Mon 24 05:55 06:16 12:23 18:30 18:51 12h 13m −0:13 18:02–18:43 🌔 86%
Tue 25 05:55 06:16 12:23 18:29 18:50 12h 12m −0:13 18:01–18:42 🌔 92%
Wed 26 05:55 06:16 12:23 18:29 18:50 12h 12m −0:13 18:01–18:42 🌔 97%
Thu 27 05:55 06:16 12:22 18:28 18:50 12h 12m −0:13 18:01–18:41 🌔 99%
Fri 28 05:55 06:16 12:22 18:28 18:49 12h 12m −0:13 18:00–18:41 🌕 100%
Sat 29 05:55 06:16 12:22 18:28 18:49 12h 12m −0:13 18:00–18:41 🌖 99%
Sun 30 05:54 06:15 12:21 18:27 18:48 12h 11m −0:13 18:00–18:40 🌖 95%
Mon 31 05:54 06:15 12:21 18:27 18:48 12h 11m −0:13 17:59–18:40 🌖 89%
More columns for August 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
August 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Sat 1 05:05 05:31 06:18 18:36 19:23 19:49 11h 42m 76.1° 288° WNW
Sun 2 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:36 19:23 19:48 11h 42m 76.4° 288° WNW
Mon 3 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:35 19:23 19:48 11h 42m 76.6° 287° WNW
Tue 4 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:35 19:22 19:48 11h 42m 76.9° 287° WNW
Wed 5 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:35 19:22 19:47 11h 43m 77.2° 287° WNW
Thu 6 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:35 19:22 19:47 11h 43m 77.4° 287° WNW
Fri 7 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:35 19:22 19:47 11h 43m 77.7° 286° WNW
Sat 8 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:34 19:21 19:46 11h 43m 78.0° 286° WNW
Sun 9 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:34 19:21 19:46 11h 43m 78.3° 286° WNW
Mon 10 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:34 19:21 19:46 11h 44m 78.6° 286° WNW
Tue 11 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:34 19:20 19:45 11h 44m 78.9° 285° WNW
Wed 12 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:33 19:20 19:45 11h 44m 79.2° 285° WNW
Thu 13 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:33 19:20 19:45 11h 44m 79.5° 285° WNW
Fri 14 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:33 19:19 19:44 11h 44m 79.8° 284° WNW
Sat 15 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:33 19:19 19:44 11h 44m 80.1° 284° WNW
Sun 16 05:06 05:31 06:18 18:32 19:19 19:43 11h 45m 80.4° 284° WNW
Mon 17 05:06 05:31 06:17 18:32 19:18 19:43 11h 45m 80.7° 283° WNW
Tue 18 05:06 05:31 06:17 18:32 19:18 19:43 11h 45m 81.0° 283° WNW
Wed 19 05:06 05:31 06:17 18:31 19:17 19:42 11h 45m 81.4° 283° WNW
Thu 20 05:06 05:31 06:17 18:31 19:17 19:42 11h 45m 81.7° 282° WNW
Fri 21 05:06 05:31 06:17 18:31 19:17 19:41 11h 46m 82.0° 282° WNW
Sat 22 05:06 05:31 06:17 18:30 19:16 19:41 11h 46m 82.4° 282° WNW
Sun 23 05:06 05:31 06:17 18:30 19:16 19:40 11h 46m 82.7° 281° WNW
Mon 24 05:06 05:31 06:16 18:30 19:15 19:40 11h 46m 83.0° 281° W
Tue 25 05:06 05:31 06:16 18:29 19:15 19:39 11h 46m 83.4° 281° W
Wed 26 05:06 05:31 06:16 18:29 19:14 19:39 11h 47m 83.7° 280° W
Thu 27 05:06 05:30 06:16 18:28 19:14 19:39 11h 47m 84.1° 280° W
Fri 28 05:06 05:30 06:16 18:28 19:14 19:38 11h 47m 84.4° 280° W
Sat 29 05:06 05:30 06:16 18:28 19:13 19:38 11h 47m 84.8° 279° W
Sun 30 05:06 05:30 06:15 18:27 19:13 19:37 11h 47m 85.2° 279° W
Mon 31 05:05 05:30 06:15 18:27 19:12 19:37 11h 48m 85.5° 279° W

September 2026

September 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Tue 1 05:54 06:15 12:21 18:26 18:47 12h 11m −0:13 17:59–18:39 🌖 81%
Wed 2 05:54 06:15 12:20 18:26 18:47 12h 11m −0:13 17:58–18:39 🌖 71%
Thu 3 05:54 06:15 12:20 18:26 18:46 12h 10m −0:13 17:58–18:38 🌖 60%
Fri 4 05:53 06:14 12:20 18:25 18:46 12h 10m −0:13 17:58–18:38 🌗 48%
Sat 5 05:53 06:14 12:19 18:25 18:46 12h 10m −0:13 17:57–18:37 🌘 37%
Sun 6 05:53 06:14 12:19 18:24 18:45 12h 10m −0:13 17:57–18:37 🌘 26%
Mon 7 05:53 06:14 12:19 18:24 18:45 12h 10m −0:13 17:56–18:37 🌘 16%
Tue 8 05:53 06:13 12:18 18:23 18:44 12h 9m −0:13 17:56–18:36 🌘 9%
Wed 9 05:52 06:13 12:18 18:23 18:44 12h 9m −0:13 17:55–18:36 🌘 3%
Thu 10 05:52 06:13 12:18 18:22 18:43 12h 9m −0:13 17:55–18:35 🌘 0%
Fri 11 05:52 06:13 12:17 18:22 18:43 12h 9m −0:13 17:54–18:35 🌑 0%
Sat 12 05:52 06:12 12:17 18:21 18:42 12h 9m −0:13 17:54–18:34 🌒 2%
Sun 13 05:51 06:12 12:17 18:21 18:42 12h 8m −0:13 17:54–18:34 🌒 7%
Mon 14 05:51 06:12 12:16 18:21 18:41 12h 8m −0:13 17:53–18:33 🌒 13%
Tue 15 05:51 06:12 12:16 18:20 18:41 12h 8m −0:13 17:53–18:33 🌒 20%
Wed 16 05:51 06:11 12:16 18:20 18:40 12h 8m −0:13 17:52–18:32 🌒 28%
Thu 17 05:50 06:11 12:15 18:19 18:40 12h 7m −0:13 17:52–18:32 🌒 37%
Fri 18 05:50 06:11 12:15 18:19 18:39 12h 7m −0:13 17:51–18:31 🌓 46%
Sat 19 05:50 06:11 12:15 18:18 18:39 12h 7m −0:13 17:51–18:31 🌔 56%
Sun 20 05:50 06:11 12:14 18:18 18:38 12h 7m −0:13 17:50–18:30 🌔 65%
Mon 21 05:50 06:10 12:14 18:17 18:38 12h 7m −0:13 17:50–18:30 🌔 74%
Tue 22 05:49 06:10 12:13 18:17 18:38 12h 6m −0:13 17:49–18:30 🌔 82%
Wed 23 05:49 06:10 12:13 18:16 18:37 12h 6m −0:13 17:49–18:29 🌔 88%
Thu 24 05:49 06:10 12:13 18:16 18:37 12h 6m −0:13 17:48–18:29 🌔 94%
Fri 25 05:49 06:09 12:12 18:15 18:36 12h 6m −0:13 17:48–18:28 🌔 98%
Sat 26 05:48 06:09 12:12 18:15 18:36 12h 5m −0:13 17:48–18:28 🌕 100%
Sun 27 05:48 06:09 12:12 18:15 18:35 12h 5m −0:13 17:47–18:27 🌖 99%
Mon 28 05:48 06:09 12:11 18:14 18:35 12h 5m −0:13 17:47–18:27 🌖 97%
Tue 29 05:48 06:08 12:11 18:14 18:34 12h 5m −0:13 17:46–18:26 🌖 91%
Wed 30 05:47 06:08 12:11 18:13 18:34 12h 5m −0:13 17:46–18:26 🌖 84%

Longest and shortest day in Douala

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 12h 21m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 4 months, with 11h 53m.

Between them the day length swings by 28m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 18:03 on 9 November; the latest is 18:37 on 19 July. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 06:05 on 27 October to 06:36 on 4 February.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 7m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Douala different

Sitting on the western side of its time zone puts solar noon at 12:23, a full 23 minutes after twelve o'clock, and drags the whole day — sunrise, noon and sunset — along with it.

From sunset to full civil darkness is 21 minutes here, against a 24-minute median elsewhere today. Latitude 4°N accounts for the 3-minute difference.

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.

By the end of August the sun will be setting 9 minutes earlier than it did on the first, a shift of roughly 18 seconds a day.

On 31 March and 13 September the midday sun stands at the zenith, 166 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow. The next one is in 19 days.

The longest and shortest days of the year differ by just 28 minutes here. In London the same gap is around 8.8 hours. That is about 19 times less seasonal variation.

The times barely move this week: the longest day of the year falls on 21 June, 2 months ago, so day length is changing by under a minute a day. Sunset shifts just 6 minutes earlier over the next fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Douala

Arrive by 17:46. Golden hour opens at 18:01 and the sun is down by 18:29, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 281° 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 18:42 and runs to 18:50, 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 Douala — 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 Douala today?

The sun sets in Douala at 18:29 today, Tuesday 25 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Douala?

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 18:50 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Douala?

Evening golden hour runs 18:01 to 18:42 today, lasting 40m. Full golden hour times for Douala covers the morning window and the coming week.

Sunset times near Douala