Sunset and sunrise times in Praia, Cabo Verde

In Praia, Cabo Verde the sun sets today, Tuesday 25 August, at 18:51 and rises at 06:21. Daylight lasts 12h 29m; evening golden hour runs from 18:22 to 19:04.

Today, Tuesday 25 August

First light: 05:59
Sunrise: 06:21
Solar noon: 12:36
Sunset: 18:51
Last light: 19:12
Day length: 12h 29m

1h 30m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 18:22 – 19:04
Blue hour: 19:04 – 19:12
Max sun altitude: 85.7°
Moon: 🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset: 17:07 / 03:55

The sun sets at 281° — face west

Tomorrow, Wednesday 26 August

Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 18:50 Golden hour 18:21 – 19:03 Day length 12h 29m vs today 1 minute shorter

Where Praia is

Coordinates: 14.9315° N, 23.5125° W
Time zone: Atlantic/Cape_Verde
Current offset: UTC-01:00
Elevation: 0 m
Population: 137,868

Sunrise and sunset in Praia, 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	05:54	06:16	12:40	19:03	19:26	12h 46m	−0:36	18:34–19:17	🌖 92%
Sun 2	05:54	06:17	12:40	19:03	19:26	12h 46m	−0:37	18:33–19:17	🌖 85%
Mon 3	05:54	06:17	12:40	19:02	19:25	12h 45m	−0:38	18:33–19:16	🌖 77%
Tue 4	05:54	06:17	12:40	19:02	19:25	12h 44m	−0:38	18:33–19:16	🌖 67%
Wed 5	05:55	06:17	12:40	19:02	19:24	12h 44m	−0:39	18:32–19:15	🌗 56%
Thu 6	05:55	06:18	12:39	19:01	19:24	12h 43m	−0:39	18:32–19:15	🌘 44%
Fri 7	05:55	06:18	12:39	19:01	19:23	12h 43m	−0:40	18:31–19:15	🌘 33%
Sat 8	05:55	06:18	12:39	19:00	19:23	12h 42m	−0:40	18:31–19:14	🌘 22%
Sun 9	05:56	06:18	12:39	19:00	19:22	12h 41m	−0:41	18:30–19:14	🌘 13%
Mon 10	05:56	06:18	12:39	18:59	19:22	12h 40m	−0:41	18:30–19:13	🌘 6%
Tue 11	05:56	06:19	12:39	18:59	19:21	12h 40m	−0:41	18:30–19:12	🌘 2%
Wed 12	05:56	06:19	12:39	18:58	19:21	12h 39m	−0:42	18:29–19:12	🌑 0%
Thu 13	05:57	06:19	12:38	18:58	19:20	12h 38m	−0:42	18:29–19:11	🌒 1%
Fri 14	05:57	06:19	12:38	18:57	19:19	12h 38m	−0:43	18:28–19:11	🌒 4%
Sat 15	05:57	06:19	12:38	18:57	19:19	12h 37m	−0:43	18:28–19:10	🌒 10%
Sun 16	05:57	06:19	12:38	18:56	19:18	12h 36m	−0:43	18:27–19:10	🌒 17%
Mon 17	05:57	06:20	12:38	18:56	19:18	12h 36m	−0:44	18:27–19:09	🌒 26%
Tue 18	05:58	06:20	12:37	18:55	19:17	12h 35m	−0:44	18:26–19:08	🌒 35%
Wed 19	05:58	06:20	12:37	18:54	19:16	12h 34m	−0:45	18:25–19:08	🌒 44%
Thu 20	05:58	06:20	12:37	18:54	19:16	12h 33m	−0:45	18:25–19:07	🌓 54%
Fri 21	05:58	06:20	12:37	18:53	19:15	12h 33m	−0:45	18:24–19:07	🌔 63%
Sat 22	05:58	06:20	12:36	18:52	19:14	12h 32m	−0:45	18:24–19:06	🌔 72%
Sun 23	05:58	06:20	12:36	18:52	19:14	12h 31m	−0:46	18:23–19:05	🌔 80%
Mon 24	05:59	06:20	12:36	18:51	19:13	12h 30m	−0:46	18:22–19:05	🌔 87%
Tue 25	05:59	06:21	12:36	18:51	19:12	12h 29m	−0:46	18:22–19:04	🌔 93%
Wed 26	05:59	06:21	12:35	18:50	19:12	12h 29m	−0:47	18:21–19:03	🌔 97%
Thu 27	05:59	06:21	12:35	18:49	19:11	12h 28m	−0:47	18:21–19:03	🌔 99%
Fri 28	05:59	06:21	12:35	18:49	19:10	12h 27m	−0:47	18:20–19:02	🌕 100%
Sat 29	05:59	06:21	12:34	18:48	19:10	12h 26m	−0:47	18:19–19:01	🌖 98%
Sun 30	05:59	06:21	12:34	18:47	19:09	12h 26m	−0:47	18:19–19:00	🌖 94%
Mon 31	05:59	06:21	12:34	18:46	19:08	12h 25m	−0:48	18:18–19:00	🌖 88%

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	05:00	05:27	06:16	19:03	19:53	20:20	11h 13m	87.0°	289° WNW
Sun 2	05:00	05:27	06:17	19:03	19:52	20:19	11h 14m	87.3°	288° WNW
Mon 3	05:01	05:28	06:17	19:02	19:52	20:19	11h 14m	87.5°	288° WNW
Tue 4	05:01	05:28	06:17	19:02	19:51	20:18	11h 15m	87.8°	288° WNW
Wed 5	05:01	05:28	06:17	19:02	19:51	20:18	11h 15m	88.1°	288° WNW
Thu 6	05:02	05:29	06:18	19:01	19:50	20:17	11h 16m	88.3°	287° WNW
Fri 7	05:02	05:29	06:18	19:01	19:50	20:16	11h 17m	88.6°	287° WNW
Sat 8	05:02	05:29	06:18	19:00	19:49	20:16	11h 17m	88.9°	287° WNW
Sun 9	05:03	05:29	06:18	19:00	19:48	20:15	11h 18m	89.2°	286° WNW
Mon 10	05:03	05:30	06:18	18:59	19:48	20:14	11h 19m	89.5°	286° WNW
Tue 11	05:03	05:30	06:19	18:59	19:47	20:14	11h 19m	89.8°	286° WNW
Wed 12	05:04	05:30	06:19	18:58	19:47	20:13	11h 20m	89.9°	286° WNW
Thu 13	05:04	05:31	06:19	18:58	19:46	20:12	11h 21m	89.6°	285° WNW
Fri 14	05:04	05:31	06:19	18:57	19:45	20:12	11h 21m	89.3°	285° WNW
Sat 15	05:05	05:31	06:19	18:57	19:45	20:11	11h 22m	89.0°	285° WNW
Sun 16	05:05	05:31	06:19	18:56	19:44	20:10	11h 23m	88.7°	284° WNW
Mon 17	05:05	05:31	06:20	18:56	19:44	20:10	11h 24m	88.4°	284° WNW
Tue 18	05:06	05:32	06:20	18:55	19:43	20:09	11h 24m	88.0°	284° WNW
Wed 19	05:06	05:32	06:20	18:54	19:42	20:08	11h 25m	87.7°	283° WNW
Thu 20	05:06	05:32	06:20	18:54	19:41	20:08	11h 26m	87.4°	283° WNW
Fri 21	05:06	05:32	06:20	18:53	19:41	20:07	11h 27m	87.1°	283° WNW
Sat 22	05:07	05:33	06:20	18:52	19:40	20:06	11h 27m	86.7°	282° WNW
Sun 23	05:07	05:33	06:20	18:52	19:39	20:05	11h 28m	86.4°	282° WNW
Mon 24	05:07	05:33	06:20	18:51	19:39	20:04	11h 29m	86.0°	281° WNW
Tue 25	05:07	05:33	06:21	18:51	19:38	20:04	11h 30m	85.7°	281° W
Wed 26	05:08	05:33	06:21	18:50	19:37	20:03	11h 30m	85.3°	281° W
Thu 27	05:08	05:33	06:21	18:49	19:36	20:02	11h 31m	85.0°	280° W
Fri 28	05:08	05:34	06:21	18:49	19:36	20:01	11h 32m	84.6°	280° W
Sat 29	05:08	05:34	06:21	18:48	19:35	20:01	11h 33m	84.3°	280° W
Sun 30	05:08	05:34	06:21	18:47	19:34	20:00	11h 34m	83.9°	279° W
Mon 31	05:09	05:34	06:21	18:46	19:33	19:59	11h 34m	83.6°	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	06:00	06:21	12:34	18:46	19:07	12h 24m	−0:48	18:17–18:59	🌖 80%
Wed 2	06:00	06:21	12:33	18:45	19:07	12h 23m	−0:48	18:16–18:58	🌖 70%
Thu 3	06:00	06:21	12:33	18:44	19:06	12h 22m	−0:48	18:16–18:57	🌖 59%
Fri 4	06:00	06:21	12:33	18:44	19:05	12h 22m	−0:48	18:15–18:57	🌗 47%
Sat 5	06:00	06:22	12:32	18:43	19:04	12h 21m	−0:48	18:14–18:56	🌘 36%
Sun 6	06:00	06:22	12:32	18:42	19:04	12h 20m	−0:49	18:14–18:55	🌘 25%
Mon 7	06:00	06:22	12:32	18:41	19:03	12h 19m	−0:49	18:13–18:54	🌘 15%
Tue 8	06:00	06:22	12:31	18:41	19:02	12h 18m	−0:49	18:12–18:54	🌘 8%
Wed 9	06:00	06:22	12:31	18:40	19:01	12h 18m	−0:49	18:11–18:53	🌘 3%
Thu 10	06:00	06:22	12:31	18:39	19:01	12h 17m	−0:49	18:11–18:52	🌘 0%
Fri 11	06:00	06:22	12:30	18:38	19:00	12h 16m	−0:49	18:10–18:51	🌑 0%
Sat 12	06:00	06:22	12:30	18:37	18:59	12h 15m	−0:49	18:09–18:51	🌒 3%
Sun 13	06:01	06:22	12:29	18:37	18:58	12h 14m	−0:49	18:08–18:50	🌒 7%
Mon 14	06:01	06:22	12:29	18:36	18:57	12h 13m	−0:49	18:08–18:49	🌒 13%
Tue 15	06:01	06:22	12:29	18:35	18:57	12h 13m	−0:50	18:07–18:48	🌒 20%
Wed 16	06:01	06:22	12:28	18:34	18:56	12h 12m	−0:50	18:06–18:48	🌒 29%
Thu 17	06:01	06:22	12:28	18:34	18:55	12h 11m	−0:50	18:05–18:47	🌒 38%
Fri 18	06:01	06:22	12:28	18:33	18:54	12h 10m	−0:50	18:05–18:46	🌓 47%
Sat 19	06:01	06:22	12:27	18:32	18:54	12h 9m	−0:50	18:04–18:45	🌔 56%
Sun 20	06:01	06:22	12:27	18:31	18:53	12h 8m	−0:50	18:03–18:44	🌔 66%
Mon 21	06:01	06:22	12:27	18:31	18:52	12h 8m	−0:50	18:02–18:44	🌔 74%
Tue 22	06:01	06:23	12:26	18:30	18:51	12h 7m	−0:50	18:02–18:43	🌔 82%
Wed 23	06:01	06:23	12:26	18:29	18:50	12h 6m	−0:50	18:01–18:42	🌔 89%
Thu 24	06:01	06:23	12:26	18:28	18:50	12h 5m	−0:50	18:00–18:41	🌔 94%
Fri 25	06:01	06:23	12:25	18:28	18:49	12h 4m	−0:50	17:59–18:41	🌔 98%
Sat 26	06:01	06:23	12:25	18:27	18:48	12h 3m	−0:50	17:58–18:40	🌕 100%
Sun 27	06:01	06:23	12:25	18:26	18:47	12h 3m	−0:50	17:58–18:39	🌖 99%
Mon 28	06:02	06:23	12:24	18:25	18:47	12h 2m	−0:50	17:57–18:38	🌖 96%
Tue 29	06:02	06:23	12:24	18:24	18:46	12h 1m	−0:50	17:56–18:38	🌖 91%
Wed 30	06:02	06:23	12:24	18:24	18:45	12h 0m	−0:50	17:55–18:37	🌖 83%

Longest and shortest day in Praia

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 13h 0m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 4 months, with 11h 14m.

Between them the day length swings by 1h 46m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 18:01 on 21 November; the latest is 19:08 on 8 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 06:03 on 2 June to 07:03 on 22 January.

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

What makes sunsets in Praia different

Clock noon and solar noon are 36 minutes apart here — the sun is highest at 12:36 standard time. That gap comes from the time zone's width, not the latitude.

It takes roughly 22 minutes to go from sunset to proper darkness, right on the 24-minute median for today.

Over a year the sunset point slides 49° along the horizon, from WSW at the December solstice to WNW in June. Today it is W.

By the end of August the sun will be setting 17 minutes earlier than it did on the first, a shift of roughly 34 seconds a day.

On 1 May and 12 August the midday sun stands at the zenith, 103 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow.

Around a solstice the day length flattens out, and that is where the calendar is now: the longest day is 21 June, 2 months ago, and sunset moves a mere 10 minutes earlier in the coming fortnight.

Planning a sunset photo in Praia

Arrive by 18:07. Golden hour opens at 18:22 and the sun is down by 18:51, 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 19:04 and runs to 19:12, the end of civil twilight and 21m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Praia today?

The sun sets in Praia at 18:51 today, Tuesday 25 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Praia?

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 19:12 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Praia?

Evening golden hour runs 18:22 to 19:04 today, lasting 42m.