Sunset and sunrise times in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania the sun sets today, Tuesday 25 August, at 18:23 and rises at 06:26. Daylight lasts 11h 56m; evening golden hour runs from 17:55 to 18:36.

Today, Tuesday 25 August

First light: 06:05
Sunrise: 06:26
Solar noon: 12:25
Sunset: 18:23
Last light: 18:44
Day length: 11h 56m

the sun has already set today

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 17:55 – 18:36
Blue hour: 18:36 – 18:44
Max sun altitude: 72.5°
Moon: 🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset: 16:12 / 04:14

The sun sets at 281° — face west

Tomorrow, Wednesday 26 August

Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 18:23 Golden hour 17:55 – 18:36 Day length 11h 56m vs today the same length

Where Dar es Salaam is

Coordinates: 6.8235° S, 39.2695° E
Time zone: Africa/Dar_es_Salaam
Current offset: UTC+03:00
Elevation: 24 m
Population: 5,383,728

Sunrise and sunset in Dar es Salaam, 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	06:12	06:34	12:29	18:23	18:45	11h 49m	+0:15	17:54–18:37	🌖 93%
Sun 2	06:12	06:34	12:29	18:24	18:45	11h 49m	+0:16	17:55–18:37	🌖 87%
Mon 3	06:12	06:34	12:29	18:24	18:45	11h 49m	+0:16	17:55–18:37	🌖 78%
Tue 4	06:12	06:34	12:29	18:24	18:45	11h 50m	+0:16	17:55–18:37	🌖 69%
Wed 5	06:12	06:33	12:28	18:24	18:45	11h 50m	+0:16	17:55–18:37	🌖 58%
Thu 6	06:11	06:33	12:28	18:24	18:45	11h 50m	+0:17	17:55–18:37	🌗 46%
Fri 7	06:11	06:33	12:28	18:24	18:45	11h 50m	+0:17	17:55–18:37	🌘 35%
Sat 8	06:11	06:33	12:28	18:24	18:45	11h 51m	+0:17	17:55–18:37	🌘 24%
Sun 9	06:11	06:32	12:28	18:24	18:45	11h 51m	+0:17	17:55–18:37	🌘 15%
Mon 10	06:10	06:32	12:28	18:24	18:45	11h 51m	+0:17	17:55–18:37	🌘 7%
Tue 11	06:10	06:32	12:28	18:24	18:45	11h 52m	+0:18	17:55–18:37	🌘 2%
Wed 12	06:10	06:31	12:28	18:24	18:45	11h 52m	+0:18	17:55–18:37	🌑 0%
Thu 13	06:10	06:31	12:27	18:24	18:45	11h 52m	+0:18	17:55–18:37	🌒 1%
Fri 14	06:09	06:31	12:27	18:24	18:45	11h 52m	+0:18	17:55–18:37	🌒 4%
Sat 15	06:09	06:30	12:27	18:24	18:45	11h 53m	+0:18	17:55–18:37	🌒 9%
Sun 16	06:09	06:30	12:27	18:24	18:45	11h 53m	+0:19	17:55–18:37	🌒 16%
Mon 17	06:08	06:30	12:27	18:24	18:45	11h 53m	+0:19	17:55–18:37	🌒 24%
Tue 18	06:08	06:29	12:26	18:23	18:45	11h 54m	+0:19	17:55–18:37	🌒 33%
Wed 19	06:08	06:29	12:26	18:23	18:45	11h 54m	+0:19	17:55–18:36	🌒 43%
Thu 20	06:07	06:28	12:26	18:23	18:45	11h 54m	+0:19	17:55–18:36	🌓 52%
Fri 21	06:07	06:28	12:26	18:23	18:44	11h 55m	+0:19	17:55–18:36	🌔 62%
Sat 22	06:06	06:28	12:25	18:23	18:44	11h 55m	+0:20	17:55–18:36	🌔 71%
Sun 23	06:06	06:27	12:25	18:23	18:44	11h 55m	+0:20	17:55–18:36	🌔 79%
Mon 24	06:06	06:27	12:25	18:23	18:44	11h 56m	+0:20	17:55–18:36	🌔 86%
Tue 25	06:05	06:26	12:25	18:23	18:44	11h 56m	+0:20	17:55–18:36	🌔 92%
Wed 26	06:05	06:26	12:24	18:23	18:44	11h 56m	+0:20	17:55–18:36	🌔 96%
Thu 27	06:04	06:25	12:24	18:23	18:44	11h 57m	+0:20	17:55–18:36	🌔 99%
Fri 28	06:04	06:25	12:24	18:22	18:44	11h 57m	+0:20	17:55–18:35	🌕 100%
Sat 29	06:03	06:25	12:23	18:22	18:43	11h 57m	+0:21	17:54–18:35	🌖 99%
Sun 30	06:03	06:24	12:23	18:22	18:43	11h 58m	+0:21	17:54–18:35	🌖 95%
Mon 31	06:03	06:24	12:23	18:22	18:43	11h 58m	+0:21	17:54–18:35	🌖 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	05:22	05:47	06:34	18:23	19:11	19:36	12h 10m	65.2°	288° WNW
Sun 2	05:22	05:47	06:34	18:24	19:11	19:36	12h 10m	65.5°	288° WNW
Mon 3	05:22	05:47	06:34	18:24	19:11	19:36	12h 9m	65.7°	287° WNW
Tue 4	05:21	05:47	06:34	18:24	19:11	19:36	12h 9m	66.0°	287° WNW
Wed 5	05:21	05:46	06:33	18:24	19:11	19:36	12h 9m	66.3°	287° WNW
Thu 6	05:21	05:46	06:33	18:24	19:11	19:36	12h 9m	66.5°	287° WNW
Fri 7	05:21	05:46	06:33	18:24	19:10	19:36	12h 8m	66.8°	286° WNW
Sat 8	05:21	05:46	06:33	18:24	19:10	19:35	12h 8m	67.1°	286° WNW
Sun 9	05:21	05:46	06:32	18:24	19:10	19:35	12h 8m	67.4°	286° WNW
Mon 10	05:20	05:45	06:32	18:24	19:10	19:35	12h 7m	67.7°	285° WNW
Tue 11	05:20	05:45	06:32	18:24	19:10	19:35	12h 7m	68.0°	285° WNW
Wed 12	05:20	05:45	06:31	18:24	19:10	19:35	12h 7m	68.3°	285° WNW
Thu 13	05:20	05:45	06:31	18:24	19:10	19:35	12h 7m	68.6°	285° WNW
Fri 14	05:20	05:44	06:31	18:24	19:10	19:35	12h 6m	68.9°	284° WNW
Sat 15	05:19	05:44	06:30	18:24	19:10	19:35	12h 6m	69.2°	284° WNW
Sun 16	05:19	05:44	06:30	18:24	19:10	19:34	12h 6m	69.5°	284° WNW
Mon 17	05:19	05:44	06:30	18:24	19:10	19:34	12h 5m	69.8°	283° WNW
Tue 18	05:18	05:43	06:29	18:23	19:10	19:34	12h 5m	70.1°	283° WNW
Wed 19	05:18	05:43	06:29	18:23	19:09	19:34	12h 5m	70.5°	283° WNW
Thu 20	05:18	05:43	06:28	18:23	19:09	19:34	12h 4m	70.8°	282° WNW
Fri 21	05:18	05:42	06:28	18:23	19:09	19:34	12h 4m	71.1°	282° WNW
Sat 22	05:17	05:42	06:28	18:23	19:09	19:34	12h 4m	71.5°	282° WNW
Sun 23	05:17	05:41	06:27	18:23	19:09	19:33	12h 3m	71.8°	281° WNW
Mon 24	05:17	05:41	06:27	18:23	19:09	19:33	12h 3m	72.1°	281° W
Tue 25	05:16	05:41	06:26	18:23	19:09	19:33	12h 3m	72.5°	281° W
Wed 26	05:16	05:40	06:26	18:23	19:08	19:33	12h 2m	72.8°	280° W
Thu 27	05:15	05:40	06:25	18:23	19:08	19:33	12h 2m	73.2°	280° W
Fri 28	05:15	05:39	06:25	18:22	19:08	19:32	12h 2m	73.5°	280° W
Sat 29	05:15	05:39	06:25	18:22	19:08	19:32	12h 1m	73.9°	279° W
Sun 30	05:14	05:39	06:24	18:22	19:08	19:32	12h 1m	74.2°	279° W
Mon 31	05:14	05:38	06:24	18:22	19:08	19:32	12h 0m	74.6°	278° 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	06:02	06:23	12:22	18:22	18:43	11h 58m	+0:21	17:54–18:35	🌖 82%
Wed 2	06:02	06:23	12:22	18:22	18:43	11h 59m	+0:21	17:54–18:35	🌖 72%
Thu 3	06:01	06:22	12:22	18:22	18:43	11h 59m	+0:21	17:54–18:35	🌖 61%
Fri 4	06:01	06:22	12:22	18:22	18:42	11h 59m	+0:21	17:54–18:34	🌗 49%
Sat 5	06:00	06:21	12:21	18:21	18:42	12h 0m	+0:21	17:54–18:34	🌘 38%
Sun 6	06:00	06:21	12:21	18:21	18:42	12h 0m	+0:21	17:53–18:34	🌘 27%
Mon 7	05:59	06:20	12:21	18:21	18:42	12h 0m	+0:21	17:53–18:34	🌘 17%
Tue 8	05:59	06:20	12:20	18:21	18:42	12h 1m	+0:22	17:53–18:34	🌘 9%
Wed 9	05:58	06:19	12:20	18:21	18:42	12h 1m	+0:22	17:53–18:34	🌘 4%
Thu 10	05:58	06:18	12:19	18:21	18:41	12h 2m	+0:22	17:53–18:33	🌘 1%
Fri 11	05:57	06:18	12:19	18:20	18:41	12h 2m	+0:22	17:53–18:33	🌑 0%
Sat 12	05:57	06:17	12:19	18:20	18:41	12h 2m	+0:22	17:53–18:33	🌒 2%
Sun 13	05:56	06:17	12:18	18:20	18:41	12h 3m	+0:22	17:52–18:33	🌒 6%
Mon 14	05:55	06:16	12:18	18:20	18:41	12h 3m	+0:22	17:52–18:33	🌒 12%
Tue 15	05:55	06:16	12:18	18:20	18:41	12h 3m	+0:22	17:52–18:32	🌒 19%
Wed 16	05:54	06:15	12:17	18:20	18:40	12h 4m	+0:22	17:52–18:32	🌒 27%
Thu 17	05:54	06:15	12:17	18:19	18:40	12h 4m	+0:22	17:52–18:32	🌒 36%
Fri 18	05:53	06:14	12:17	18:19	18:40	12h 5m	+0:22	17:52–18:32	🌓 45%
Sat 19	05:53	06:14	12:16	18:19	18:40	12h 5m	+0:22	17:51–18:32	🌔 55%
Sun 20	05:52	06:13	12:16	18:19	18:40	12h 5m	+0:22	17:51–18:32	🌔 64%
Mon 21	05:52	06:13	12:16	18:19	18:39	12h 6m	+0:22	17:51–18:31	🌔 73%
Tue 22	05:51	06:12	12:15	18:18	18:39	12h 6m	+0:22	17:51–18:31	🌔 81%
Wed 23	05:51	06:11	12:15	18:18	18:39	12h 6m	+0:22	17:51–18:31	🌔 88%
Thu 24	05:50	06:11	12:15	18:18	18:39	12h 7m	+0:22	17:51–18:31	🌔 94%
Fri 25	05:50	06:10	12:14	18:18	18:39	12h 7m	+0:22	17:50–18:31	🌔 98%
Sat 26	05:49	06:10	12:14	18:18	18:39	12h 7m	+0:22	17:50–18:31	🌔 100%
Sun 27	05:49	06:09	12:13	18:18	18:39	12h 8m	+0:22	17:50–18:30	🌕 100%
Mon 28	05:48	06:09	12:13	18:18	18:38	12h 8m	+0:22	17:50–18:30	🌖 97%
Tue 29	05:47	06:08	12:13	18:17	18:38	12h 9m	+0:22	17:50–18:30	🌖 92%
Wed 30	05:47	06:08	12:12	18:17	18:38	12h 9m	+0:22	17:50–18:30	🌖 85%

Longest and shortest day in Dar es Salaam

The longest day falls on 21 December 2026, in 4 months, with 12h 31m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 2 months ago, with 11h 43m.

Between them the day length swings by 47m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 18:12 on 24 May; the latest is 18:48 on 31 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 05:54 on 13 November to 06:36 on 17 July.

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

What makes sunsets in Dar es Salaam different

Sitting on the western side of its time zone puts solar noon at 12:25, a full 25 minutes after twelve o'clock, and drags the whole day — sunrise, noon and sunset — along with it.

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 6.8°S buys you.

Over a year the sunset point slides 47° along the horizon, from WSW at the December solstice to WNW in June. Today it is W.

On 3 March and 11 October the midday sun stands at the zenith, 222 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow. The next one is in 7 weeks.

At 6.8° the seasons barely touch the clock: 48 minutes separate midsummer from midwinter, against roughly 8.8 hours in London.

Sitting 2 months ago of the shortest day (21 June) means the sun has almost stopped drifting — 11h 56m of daylight today, and only 2 minutes of movement in sunset over the next two weeks.

Planning a sunset photo in Dar es Salaam

Arrive by 17:40. Golden hour opens at 17:55 and the sun is down by 18:23, 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 18:36 and runs to 18:44, 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 Dar es Salaam — 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 Dar es Salaam today?

The sun sets in Dar es Salaam at 18:23 today, Tuesday 25 August 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Dar es Salaam?

It takes 21m. Civil twilight ends at 18:44 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Dar es Salaam?

Evening golden hour runs 17:55 to 18:36 today, lasting 41m. Full golden hour times for Dar es Salaam covers the morning window and the coming week.