Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Mexico City, Mexico

In Mexico City, Mexico the sun sets today, Tuesday 25 August, at 18:57 and rises at 06:19. Daylight lasts 12h 37m; evening golden hour runs from 18:27 to 19:10.

Today, Tuesday 25 August

First light
05:57
Sunrise
06:19
Solar noon
12:38
Sunset
18:57
Last light
19:19
Day length
12h 37m

6h 36m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
18:27 – 19:10
Blue hour
19:10 – 19:19
Max sun altitude
81.1°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
17:26 / 04:00

The sun sets at 281° — face west-northwest

Tomorrow, Wednesday 26 August

Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 18:56 Golden hour 18:26 – 19:10 Day length 12h 36m vs today 1 minute shorter

Where Mexico City is

Coordinates
19.4285° N, 99.1277° W
Time zone
America/Mexico_City
Current offset
UTC-06:00
Elevation
2,240 m
Population
12,294,193

Sunrise and sunset in Mexico City, 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 05:49 06:12 12:42 19:12 19:35 12h 59m −0:48 18:42–19:26 🌖 91%
Sun 2 05:49 06:13 12:42 19:12 19:35 12h 58m −0:49 18:41–19:26 🌖 84%
Mon 3 05:50 06:13 12:42 19:11 19:34 12h 58m −0:50 18:41–19:25 🌖 75%
Tue 4 05:50 06:13 12:42 19:11 19:34 12h 57m −0:50 18:40–19:25 🌖 65%
Wed 5 05:50 06:14 12:42 19:10 19:33 12h 56m −0:51 18:40–19:24 🌗 53%
Thu 6 05:51 06:14 12:42 19:10 19:33 12h 55m −0:52 18:39–19:24 🌘 42%
Fri 7 05:51 06:14 12:42 19:09 19:32 12h 54m −0:53 18:39–19:23 🌘 30%
Sat 8 05:52 06:15 12:42 19:08 19:31 12h 53m −0:53 18:38–19:23 🌘 20%
Sun 9 05:52 06:15 12:42 19:08 19:31 12h 52m −0:54 18:38–19:22 🌘 12%
Mon 10 05:52 06:15 12:41 19:07 19:30 12h 51m −0:54 18:37–19:21 🌘 5%
Tue 11 05:53 06:16 12:41 19:07 19:30 12h 51m −0:55 18:37–19:21 🌘 1%
Wed 12 05:53 06:16 12:41 19:06 19:29 12h 50m −0:56 18:36–19:20 🌑 0%
Thu 13 05:53 06:16 12:41 19:05 19:28 12h 49m −0:56 18:35–19:19 🌒 2%
Fri 14 05:54 06:16 12:41 19:05 19:27 12h 48m −0:57 18:35–19:19 🌒 5%
Sat 15 05:54 06:17 12:40 19:04 19:27 12h 47m −0:57 18:34–19:18 🌒 11%
Sun 16 05:54 06:17 12:40 19:03 19:26 12h 46m −0:58 18:33–19:17 🌒 19%
Mon 17 05:55 06:17 12:40 19:03 19:25 12h 45m −0:58 18:33–19:16 🌒 27%
Tue 18 05:55 06:18 12:40 19:02 19:25 12h 44m −0:58 18:32–19:16 🌒 37%
Wed 19 05:55 06:18 12:40 19:01 19:24 12h 43m −0:59 18:31–19:15 🌓 46%
Thu 20 05:55 06:18 12:39 19:00 19:23 12h 42m −0:59 18:31–19:14 🌔 56%
Fri 21 05:56 06:18 12:39 19:00 19:22 12h 41m −1:00 18:30–19:13 🌔 65%
Sat 22 05:56 06:19 12:39 18:59 19:21 12h 40m −1:00 18:29–19:13 🌔 74%
Sun 23 05:56 06:19 12:39 18:58 19:21 12h 39m −1:01 18:29–19:12 🌔 82%
Mon 24 05:57 06:19 12:38 18:57 19:20 12h 38m −1:01 18:28–19:11 🌔 88%
Tue 25 05:57 06:19 12:38 18:57 19:19 12h 37m −1:01 18:27–19:10 🌔 94%
Wed 26 05:57 06:19 12:38 18:56 19:18 12h 36m −1:02 18:26–19:10 🌔 98%
Thu 27 05:57 06:20 12:37 18:55 19:17 12h 35m −1:02 18:26–19:09 🌔 100%
Fri 28 05:58 06:20 12:37 18:54 19:17 12h 34m −1:02 18:25–19:08 🌕 100%
Sat 29 05:58 06:20 12:37 18:53 19:16 12h 33m −1:02 18:24–19:07 🌖 98%
Sun 30 05:58 06:20 12:37 18:53 19:15 12h 32m −1:03 18:23–19:06 🌖 93%
Mon 31 05:58 06:21 12:36 18:52 19:14 12h 31m −1:03 18:22–19:05 🌖 87%
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 04:53 05:21 06:12 19:12 20:03 20:31 11h 0m 88.4° 289° WNW
Sun 2 04:54 05:22 06:13 19:12 20:02 20:31 11h 1m 88.2° 289° WNW
Mon 3 04:54 05:22 06:13 19:11 20:02 20:30 11h 2m 87.9° 289° WNW
Tue 4 04:55 05:23 06:13 19:11 20:01 20:29 11h 3m 87.7° 288° WNW
Wed 5 04:55 05:23 06:14 19:10 20:01 20:28 11h 3m 87.4° 288° WNW
Thu 6 04:56 05:24 06:14 19:10 20:00 20:28 11h 4m 87.1° 288° WNW
Fri 7 04:56 05:24 06:14 19:09 19:59 20:27 11h 5m 86.8° 287° WNW
Sat 8 04:57 05:24 06:15 19:08 19:59 20:26 11h 6m 86.5° 287° WNW
Sun 9 04:57 05:25 06:15 19:08 19:58 20:26 11h 7m 86.3° 287° WNW
Mon 10 04:58 05:25 06:15 19:07 19:57 20:25 11h 8m 86.0° 287° WNW
Tue 11 04:58 05:26 06:16 19:07 19:57 20:24 11h 9m 85.7° 286° WNW
Wed 12 04:58 05:26 06:16 19:06 19:56 20:23 11h 10m 85.4° 286° WNW
Thu 13 04:59 05:26 06:16 19:05 19:55 20:22 11h 11m 85.1° 286° WNW
Fri 14 04:59 05:27 06:16 19:05 19:54 20:22 11h 12m 84.7° 285° WNW
Sat 15 05:00 05:27 06:17 19:04 19:54 20:21 11h 13m 84.4° 285° WNW
Sun 16 05:00 05:27 06:17 19:03 19:53 20:20 11h 13m 84.1° 285° WNW
Mon 17 05:01 05:28 06:17 19:03 19:52 20:19 11h 14m 83.8° 284° WNW
Tue 18 05:01 05:28 06:18 19:02 19:51 20:18 11h 15m 83.5° 284° WNW
Wed 19 05:01 05:28 06:18 19:01 19:50 20:17 11h 16m 83.2° 284° WNW
Thu 20 05:02 05:29 06:18 19:00 19:50 20:16 11h 17m 82.8° 283° WNW
Fri 21 05:02 05:29 06:18 19:00 19:49 20:16 11h 18m 82.5° 283° WNW
Sat 22 05:03 05:29 06:19 18:59 19:48 20:15 11h 19m 82.2° 283° WNW
Sun 23 05:03 05:30 06:19 18:58 19:47 20:14 11h 20m 81.8° 282° WNW
Mon 24 05:03 05:30 06:19 18:57 19:46 20:13 11h 21m 81.5° 282° WNW
Tue 25 05:04 05:30 06:19 18:57 19:45 20:12 11h 22m 81.1° 281° WNW
Wed 26 05:04 05:31 06:19 18:56 19:44 20:11 11h 23m 80.8° 281° W
Thu 27 05:04 05:31 06:20 18:55 19:44 20:10 11h 24m 80.4° 281° W
Fri 28 05:05 05:31 06:20 18:54 19:43 20:09 11h 25m 80.1° 280° W
Sat 29 05:05 05:32 06:20 18:53 19:42 20:08 11h 27m 79.7° 280° W
Sun 30 05:06 05:32 06:20 18:53 19:41 20:07 11h 28m 79.4° 280° W
Mon 31 05:06 05:32 06:21 18:52 19:40 20:06 11h 29m 79.0° 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 05:59 06:21 12:36 18:51 19:13 12h 30m −1:03 18:22–19:04 🌖 78%
Wed 2 05:59 06:21 12:36 18:50 19:12 12h 29m −1:03 18:21–19:04 🌖 68%
Thu 3 05:59 06:21 12:35 18:49 19:11 12h 27m −1:04 18:20–19:03 🌖 57%
Fri 4 05:59 06:21 12:35 18:48 19:10 12h 26m −1:04 18:19–19:02 🌗 45%
Sat 5 05:59 06:22 12:35 18:47 19:10 12h 25m −1:04 18:18–19:01 🌘 33%
Sun 6 06:00 06:22 12:34 18:47 19:09 12h 24m −1:04 18:17–19:00 🌘 23%
Mon 7 06:00 06:22 12:34 18:46 19:08 12h 23m −1:04 18:17–18:59 🌘 14%
Tue 8 06:00 06:22 12:34 18:45 19:07 12h 22m −1:05 18:16–18:58 🌘 7%
Wed 9 06:00 06:22 12:33 18:44 19:06 12h 21m −1:05 18:15–18:57 🌘 2%
Thu 10 06:01 06:23 12:33 18:43 19:05 12h 20m −1:05 18:14–18:56 🌑 0%
Fri 11 06:01 06:23 12:33 18:42 19:04 12h 19m −1:05 18:13–18:56 🌒 1%
Sat 12 06:01 06:23 12:32 18:41 19:03 12h 18m −1:05 18:12–18:55 🌒 3%
Sun 13 06:01 06:23 12:32 18:40 19:02 12h 17m −1:05 18:11–18:54 🌒 8%
Mon 14 06:01 06:23 12:32 18:39 19:01 12h 16m −1:05 18:10–18:53 🌒 15%
Tue 15 06:02 06:24 12:31 18:39 19:00 12h 15m −1:05 18:10–18:52 🌒 22%
Wed 16 06:02 06:24 12:31 18:38 19:00 12h 13m −1:06 18:09–18:51 🌒 31%
Thu 17 06:02 06:24 12:30 18:37 18:59 12h 12m −1:06 18:08–18:50 🌒 40%
Fri 18 06:02 06:24 12:30 18:36 18:58 12h 11m −1:06 18:07–18:49 🌓 49%
Sat 19 06:02 06:24 12:30 18:35 18:57 12h 10m −1:06 18:06–18:48 🌔 58%
Sun 20 06:03 06:24 12:29 18:34 18:56 12h 9m −1:06 18:05–18:47 🌔 67%
Mon 21 06:03 06:25 12:29 18:33 18:55 12h 8m −1:06 18:04–18:47 🌔 76%
Tue 22 06:03 06:25 12:29 18:32 18:54 12h 7m −1:06 18:03–18:46 🌔 84%
Wed 23 06:03 06:25 12:28 18:31 18:53 12h 6m −1:06 18:02–18:45 🌔 90%
Thu 24 06:03 06:25 12:28 18:30 18:52 12h 5m −1:06 18:01–18:44 🌔 95%
Fri 25 06:04 06:25 12:28 18:29 18:51 12h 4m −1:06 18:00–18:43 🌔 99%
Sat 26 06:04 06:26 12:27 18:29 18:51 12h 2m −1:06 18:00–18:42 🌕 100%
Sun 27 06:04 06:26 12:27 18:28 18:50 12h 1m −1:06 17:59–18:41 🌖 99%
Mon 28 06:04 06:26 12:27 18:27 18:49 12h 0m −1:06 17:58–18:40 🌖 95%
Tue 29 06:04 06:26 12:26 18:26 18:48 11h 59m −1:06 17:57–18:39 🌖 89%
Wed 30 06:05 06:27 12:26 18:25 18:47 11h 58m −1:06 17:56–18:39 🌖 81%

Longest and shortest day in Mexico City

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 13h 18m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 December 2026, in 4 months, with 10h 57m.

Between them the day length swings by 2h 20m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:56 on 25 November; the latest is 19:19 on 5 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 05:57 on 5 June to 07:13 on 17 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 8m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Mexico City different

Clock noon and solar noon are 39 minutes apart here — the sun is highest at 12:38 standard time. That gap comes from the time zone's width, not the latitude.

Sunset here is followed by about 22 minutes of usable light before civil twilight ends — almost exactly the 24-minute median across the cities tracked here.

Over a year the sunset point slides 50° along the horizon, from WSW at the December solstice to WNW in June. Today it is WNW.

Sunset drifts 41 seconds earlier each day this month — 20 minutes from the first of August to the last.

On 17 May and 26 July the midday sun stands at the zenith, 70 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow.

At 2,240 m the horizon sits 1.64° lower than at sea level, so the sun sets about 7.1 minutes later here than the standard tables suggest — roughly 14.2 minutes of extra daylight across the day.

Planning a sunset photo in Mexico City

Arrive by 18:12. Golden hour opens at 18:27 and the sun is down by 18:57, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west-northwest — 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 19:10 and runs to 19:19, the end of civil twilight and 22m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Mexico City — 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 Mexico City today?

The sun sets in Mexico City at 18:57 today, Tuesday 25 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Mexico City?

It takes 22m. Civil twilight ends at 19:19 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Mexico City?

Evening golden hour runs 18:27 to 19:10 today, lasting 43m. Full golden hour times for Mexico City covers the morning window and the coming week.

Sunset times near Mexico City

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