Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Windhoek, Namibia

In Windhoek, Namibia the sun sets today, Tuesday 25 August, at 18:39 and rises at 07:08. Daylight lasts 11h 31m; evening golden hour runs from 18:09 to 18:53.

Today, Tuesday 25 August

First light
06:45
Sunrise
07:08
Solar noon
12:53
Sunset
18:39
Last light
19:02
Day length
11h 31m

the sun has already set today

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
18:09 – 18:53
Blue hour
18:53 – 19:02
Max sun altitude
56.8°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
16:16 / 05:16

The sun sets at 281° — face west

Tomorrow, Wednesday 26 August

Sunrise 07:07 Sunset 18:39 Golden hour 18:09 – 18:53 Day length 11h 32m vs today 1 minute longer

Where Windhoek is

Coordinates
22.5594° S, 17.0832° E
Time zone
Africa/Windhoek
Current offset
UTC+02:00
Elevation
1,700 m
Population
386,219

Sunrise and sunset in Windhoek, 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 07:01 07:25 12:58 18:31 18:54 11h 5m +0:55 17:59–18:45 🌖 93%
Sun 2 07:01 07:24 12:57 18:31 18:54 11h 6m +0:56 17:59–18:45 🌖 86%
Mon 3 07:00 07:24 12:57 18:31 18:55 11h 7m +0:57 18:00–18:46 🌖 78%
Tue 4 07:00 07:23 12:57 18:32 18:55 11h 8m +0:58 18:00–18:46 🌖 68%
Wed 5 06:59 07:23 12:57 18:32 18:56 11h 9m +0:58 18:01–18:46 🌖 57%
Thu 6 06:59 07:22 12:57 18:33 18:56 11h 10m +0:59 18:01–18:47 🌗 46%
Fri 7 06:58 07:21 12:57 18:33 18:56 11h 11m +1:00 18:02–18:47 🌘 34%
Sat 8 06:57 07:21 12:57 18:33 18:57 11h 12m +1:01 18:02–18:48 🌘 23%
Sun 9 06:57 07:20 12:57 18:34 18:57 11h 13m +1:02 18:02–18:48 🌘 14%
Mon 10 06:56 07:19 12:57 18:34 18:57 11h 14m +1:02 18:03–18:48 🌘 7%
Tue 11 06:55 07:19 12:56 18:34 18:58 11h 15m +1:03 18:03–18:49 🌘 2%
Wed 12 06:55 07:18 12:56 18:35 18:58 11h 16m +1:04 18:04–18:49 🌑 0%
Thu 13 06:54 07:17 12:56 18:35 18:58 11h 17m +1:04 18:04–18:49 🌒 1%
Fri 14 06:53 07:17 12:56 18:35 18:59 11h 18m +1:05 18:05–18:50 🌒 4%
Sat 15 06:53 07:16 12:56 18:36 18:59 11h 20m +1:06 18:05–18:50 🌒 9%
Sun 16 06:52 07:15 12:55 18:36 18:59 11h 21m +1:06 18:05–18:50 🌒 16%
Mon 17 06:51 07:14 12:55 18:37 19:00 11h 22m +1:07 18:06–18:51 🌒 24%
Tue 18 06:51 07:14 12:55 18:37 19:00 11h 23m +1:07 18:06–18:51 🌒 34%
Wed 19 06:50 07:13 12:55 18:37 19:00 11h 24m +1:08 18:07–18:51 🌒 43%
Thu 20 06:49 07:12 12:55 18:38 19:00 11h 25m +1:08 18:07–18:52 🌓 53%
Fri 21 06:48 07:11 12:54 18:38 19:01 11h 26m +1:09 18:07–18:52 🌔 62%
Sat 22 06:47 07:10 12:54 18:38 19:01 11h 27m +1:09 18:08–18:52 🌔 71%
Sun 23 06:47 07:09 12:54 18:39 19:01 11h 29m +1:10 18:08–18:53 🌔 79%
Mon 24 06:46 07:09 12:54 18:39 19:02 11h 30m +1:10 18:08–18:53 🌔 86%
Tue 25 06:45 07:08 12:53 18:39 19:02 11h 31m +1:11 18:09–18:53 🌔 92%
Wed 26 06:44 07:07 12:53 18:39 19:02 11h 32m +1:11 18:09–18:53 🌔 97%
Thu 27 06:43 07:06 12:53 18:40 19:02 11h 33m +1:12 18:10–18:54 🌔 99%
Fri 28 06:42 07:05 12:52 18:40 19:03 11h 35m +1:12 18:10–18:54 🌕 100%
Sat 29 06:42 07:04 12:52 18:40 19:03 11h 36m +1:12 18:10–18:54 🌖 99%
Sun 30 06:41 07:03 12:52 18:41 19:03 11h 37m +1:13 18:11–18:55 🌖 95%
Mon 31 06:40 07:02 12:52 18:41 19:04 11h 38m +1:13 18:11–18:55 🌖 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 06:07 06:34 07:25 18:31 19:21 19:48 12h 53m 49.5° 289° WNW
Sun 2 06:07 06:34 07:24 18:31 19:21 19:48 12h 52m 49.8° 289° WNW
Mon 3 06:07 06:33 07:24 18:31 19:22 19:48 12h 51m 50.0° 288° WNW
Tue 4 06:06 06:33 07:23 18:32 19:22 19:49 12h 50m 50.3° 288° WNW
Wed 5 06:06 06:32 07:23 18:32 19:22 19:49 12h 49m 50.5° 288° WNW
Thu 6 06:05 06:32 07:22 18:33 19:23 19:49 12h 48m 50.8° 288° WNW
Fri 7 06:05 06:31 07:21 18:33 19:23 19:50 12h 47m 51.1° 287° WNW
Sat 8 06:04 06:31 07:21 18:33 19:23 19:50 12h 46m 51.4° 287° WNW
Sun 9 06:04 06:30 07:20 18:34 19:24 19:50 12h 45m 51.7° 287° WNW
Mon 10 06:03 06:29 07:19 18:34 19:24 19:50 12h 44m 52.0° 286° WNW
Tue 11 06:02 06:29 07:19 18:34 19:24 19:51 12h 43m 52.3° 286° WNW
Wed 12 06:02 06:28 07:18 18:35 19:25 19:51 12h 42m 52.6° 286° WNW
Thu 13 06:01 06:28 07:17 18:35 19:25 19:51 12h 41m 52.9° 285° WNW
Fri 14 06:01 06:27 07:17 18:35 19:25 19:51 12h 40m 53.2° 285° WNW
Sat 15 06:00 06:26 07:16 18:36 19:25 19:52 12h 39m 53.5° 285° WNW
Sun 16 05:59 06:26 07:15 18:36 19:26 19:52 12h 38m 53.8° 284° WNW
Mon 17 05:59 06:25 07:14 18:37 19:26 19:52 12h 36m 54.1° 284° WNW
Tue 18 05:58 06:24 07:14 18:37 19:26 19:52 12h 35m 54.4° 284° WNW
Wed 19 05:57 06:23 07:13 18:37 19:27 19:53 12h 34m 54.8° 283° WNW
Thu 20 05:56 06:23 07:12 18:38 19:27 19:53 12h 33m 55.1° 283° WNW
Fri 21 05:56 06:22 07:11 18:38 19:27 19:53 12h 32m 55.4° 283° WNW
Sat 22 05:55 06:21 07:10 18:38 19:27 19:54 12h 31m 55.8° 282° WNW
Sun 23 05:54 06:20 07:09 18:39 19:28 19:54 12h 30m 56.1° 282° WNW
Mon 24 05:53 06:20 07:09 18:39 19:28 19:54 12h 28m 56.4° 281° WNW
Tue 25 05:53 06:19 07:08 18:39 19:28 19:54 12h 27m 56.8° 281° W
Wed 26 05:52 06:18 07:07 18:39 19:28 19:55 12h 26m 57.1° 281° W
Thu 27 05:51 06:17 07:06 18:40 19:29 19:55 12h 25m 57.5° 280° W
Fri 28 05:50 06:16 07:05 18:40 19:29 19:55 12h 24m 57.8° 280° W
Sat 29 05:49 06:15 07:04 18:40 19:29 19:55 12h 22m 58.2° 280° W
Sun 30 05:48 06:15 07:03 18:41 19:29 19:56 12h 21m 58.5° 279° W
Mon 31 05:48 06:14 07:02 18:41 19:30 19:56 12h 20m 58.9° 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 06:39 07:01 12:51 18:41 19:04 11h 39m +1:13 18:11–18:55 🌖 81%
Wed 2 06:38 07:00 12:51 18:42 19:04 11h 41m +1:14 18:12–18:55 🌖 72%
Thu 3 06:37 07:00 12:51 18:42 19:04 11h 42m +1:14 18:12–18:56 🌖 61%
Fri 4 06:36 06:59 12:50 18:42 19:05 11h 43m +1:14 18:12–18:56 🌗 49%
Sat 5 06:35 06:58 12:50 18:42 19:05 11h 44m +1:15 18:13–18:56 🌘 37%
Sun 6 06:34 06:57 12:50 18:43 19:05 11h 46m +1:15 18:13–18:57 🌘 26%
Mon 7 06:33 06:56 12:49 18:43 19:06 11h 47m +1:15 18:13–18:57 🌘 17%
Tue 8 06:32 06:55 12:49 18:43 19:06 11h 48m +1:15 18:14–18:57 🌘 9%
Wed 9 06:31 06:54 12:49 18:44 19:06 11h 49m +1:16 18:14–18:57 🌘 3%
Thu 10 06:30 06:53 12:48 18:44 19:06 11h 51m +1:16 18:14–18:58 🌘 1%
Fri 11 06:29 06:52 12:48 18:44 19:07 11h 52m +1:16 18:14–18:58 🌑 0%
Sat 12 06:28 06:51 12:47 18:44 19:07 11h 53m +1:16 18:15–18:58 🌒 2%
Sun 13 06:27 06:50 12:47 18:45 19:07 11h 54m +1:16 18:15–18:59 🌒 6%
Mon 14 06:26 06:49 12:47 18:45 19:07 11h 56m +1:17 18:15–18:59 🌒 12%
Tue 15 06:25 06:48 12:46 18:45 19:08 11h 57m +1:17 18:16–18:59 🌒 19%
Wed 16 06:24 06:47 12:46 18:46 19:08 11h 58m +1:17 18:16–18:59 🌒 28%
Thu 17 06:23 06:46 12:46 18:46 19:08 12h 0m +1:17 18:16–19:00 🌒 37%
Fri 18 06:22 06:45 12:45 18:46 19:09 12h 1m +1:17 18:17–19:00 🌓 46%
Sat 19 06:21 06:44 12:45 18:46 19:09 12h 2m +1:17 18:17–19:00 🌔 55%
Sun 20 06:20 06:43 12:45 18:47 19:09 12h 3m +1:17 18:17–19:00 🌔 64%
Mon 21 06:19 06:42 12:44 18:47 19:09 12h 5m +1:17 18:17–19:01 🌔 73%
Tue 22 06:18 06:41 12:44 18:47 19:10 12h 6m +1:18 18:18–19:01 🌔 81%
Wed 23 06:17 06:40 12:44 18:48 19:10 12h 7m +1:18 18:18–19:01 🌔 88%
Thu 24 06:16 06:39 12:43 18:48 19:10 12h 9m +1:18 18:18–19:02 🌔 94%
Fri 25 06:15 06:38 12:43 18:48 19:11 12h 10m +1:18 18:19–19:02 🌔 98%
Sat 26 06:14 06:37 12:43 18:49 19:11 12h 11m +1:18 18:19–19:02 🌔 100%
Sun 27 06:13 06:36 12:42 18:49 19:11 12h 12m +1:18 18:19–19:03 🌕 100%
Mon 28 06:12 06:35 12:42 18:49 19:12 12h 14m +1:18 18:20–19:03 🌖 97%
Tue 29 06:11 06:34 12:42 18:49 19:12 12h 15m +1:18 18:20–19:03 🌖 92%
Wed 30 06:10 06:33 12:41 18:50 19:12 12h 16m +1:18 18:20–19:04 🌖 84%

Longest and shortest day in Windhoek

The longest day falls on 21 December 2026, in 4 months, with 13h 31m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 10h 44m.

Between them the day length swings by 2h 46m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 18:14 on 7 June; the latest is 19:41 on 14 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 05:58 on 28 November to 07:32 on 4 July.

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

What makes sunsets in Windhoek different

Clock noon and solar noon are 54 minutes apart here — the sun is highest at 12:53 standard time. That gap comes from the time zone's width, not the latitude.

Sunset here is followed by about 23 minutes of usable light before civil twilight ends — almost exactly the 24-minute median across the cities tracked here.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it WSW, June swings it 51° round to WNW. Tonight, W.

Across August the sunset moves 10 minutes later, averaging about 21 seconds a day.

Twice a year the sun passes directly overhead here — on 6 January and 7 December — and vertical objects cast almost no shadow at solar noon. The next one is in 3 months.

Elevation matters at 1,700 m. The visible horizon drops 1.43°, pushing sunset 6.3 minutes later and sunrise the same amount earlier than a sea-level observer would see.

Planning a sunset photo in Windhoek

Arrive by 17:54. Golden hour opens at 18:09 and the sun is down by 18:39, 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 18:53 and runs to 19:02, 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 Windhoek — 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 Windhoek today?

The sun sets in Windhoek at 18:39 today, Tuesday 25 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Windhoek?

It takes 22m. Civil twilight ends at 19:02 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Windhoek?

Evening golden hour runs 18:09 to 18:53 today, lasting 44m. Full golden hour times for Windhoek covers the morning window and the coming week.