Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Cape Town, South Africa

In Cape Town, South Africa the sun sets today, Saturday 10 October, at 18:55 and rises at 06:11. Daylight lasts 12h 44m; evening golden hour runs from 18:22 to 19:11.

Today, Saturday 10 October

First light
05:46
Sunrise
06:11
Solar noon
12:33
Sunset
18:55
Last light
19:21
Day length
12h 44m

18h 53m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
18:22 – 19:11
Blue hour
19:11 – 19:21
Max sun altitude
62.8°
Moon
🌑 New moon
Moonrise / moonset
05:50 / 19:07

The sun sets at 261° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 11 October

Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 18:56 Golden hour 18:23 – 19:12 Day length 12h 46m vs today 2 minutes longer

Where Cape Town is

Coordinates
33.9258° S, 18.4232° E
Time zone
Africa/Johannesburg
Current offset
UTC+02:00
Elevation
25 m
Population
4,772,846

Sunrise and sunset in Cape Town, October 2026

October 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
Thu 1 05:58 06:23 12:36 18:49 19:14 12h 25m +2:06 18:16–19:04 🌖 75%
Fri 2 05:56 06:22 12:35 18:49 19:14 12h 27m +2:06 18:16–19:05 🌖 64%
Sat 3 05:55 06:20 12:35 18:50 19:15 12h 29m +2:06 18:17–19:05 🌗 53%
Sun 4 05:54 06:19 12:35 18:51 19:16 12h 32m +2:06 18:18–19:06 🌘 41%
Mon 5 05:52 06:17 12:34 18:52 19:17 12h 34m +2:06 18:19–19:07 🌘 30%
Tue 6 05:51 06:16 12:34 18:52 19:18 12h 36m +2:06 18:19–19:08 🌘 20%
Wed 7 05:50 06:15 12:34 18:53 19:18 12h 38m +2:05 18:20–19:09 🌘 11%
Thu 8 05:48 06:13 12:33 18:54 19:19 12h 40m +2:05 18:21–19:09 🌘 5%
Fri 9 05:47 06:12 12:33 18:55 19:20 12h 42m +2:05 18:21–19:10 🌘 2%
Sat 10 05:46 06:11 12:33 18:55 19:21 12h 44m +2:05 18:22–19:11 🌑 0%
Sun 11 05:44 06:10 12:33 18:56 19:22 12h 46m +2:05 18:23–19:12 🌒 1%
Mon 12 05:43 06:08 12:32 18:57 19:22 12h 48m +2:04 18:24–19:12 🌒 4%
Tue 13 05:42 06:07 12:32 18:58 19:23 12h 50m +2:04 18:24–19:13 🌒 8%
Wed 14 05:40 06:06 12:32 18:59 19:24 12h 52m +2:04 18:25–19:14 🌒 14%
Thu 15 05:39 06:04 12:32 18:59 19:25 12h 54m +2:04 18:26–19:15 🌒 22%
Fri 16 05:38 06:03 12:31 19:00 19:26 12h 56m +2:03 18:27–19:16 🌒 30%
Sat 17 05:36 06:02 12:31 19:01 19:27 12h 59m +2:03 18:27–19:17 🌒 39%
Sun 18 05:35 06:01 12:31 19:02 19:27 13h 1m +2:02 18:28–19:17 🌓 48%
Mon 19 05:34 06:00 12:31 19:03 19:28 13h 3m +2:02 18:29–19:18 🌔 57%
Tue 20 05:33 05:58 12:31 19:03 19:29 13h 5m +2:01 18:30–19:19 🌔 67%
Wed 21 05:31 05:57 12:30 19:04 19:30 13h 7m +2:01 18:31–19:20 🌔 76%
Thu 22 05:30 05:56 12:30 19:05 19:31 13h 9m +2:00 18:31–19:21 🌔 84%
Fri 23 05:29 05:55 12:30 19:06 19:32 13h 11m +2:00 18:32–19:22 🌔 91%
Sat 24 05:28 05:54 12:30 19:07 19:33 13h 13m +1:59 18:33–19:23 🌔 96%
Sun 25 05:27 05:53 12:30 19:08 19:34 13h 15m +1:59 18:34–19:24 🌔 99%
Mon 26 05:25 05:51 12:30 19:09 19:35 13h 17m +1:58 18:35–19:25 🌕 100%
Tue 27 05:24 05:50 12:30 19:09 19:36 13h 19m +1:57 18:35–19:25 🌖 98%
Wed 28 05:23 05:49 12:30 19:10 19:37 13h 20m +1:57 18:36–19:26 🌖 94%
Thu 29 05:22 05:48 12:29 19:11 19:38 13h 22m +1:56 18:37–19:27 🌖 87%
Fri 30 05:21 05:47 12:29 19:12 19:39 13h 24m +1:55 18:38–19:28 🌖 78%
Sat 31 05:20 05:46 12:29 19:13 19:39 13h 26m +1:54 18:39–19:29 🌖 68%
More columns for October 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction
October 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date Astro. dawn Naut. dawn Sunrise Sunset Naut. dusk Astro. dusk Night Max altitude Sunset direction
Thu 1 04:59 05:29 06:23 18:49 19:43 20:13 11h 32m 59.4° 265° W
Fri 2 04:57 05:27 06:22 18:49 19:44 20:14 11h 30m 59.7° 265° W
Sat 3 04:56 05:26 06:20 18:50 19:45 20:15 11h 28m 60.1° 264° W
Sun 4 04:54 05:24 06:19 18:51 19:46 20:16 11h 26m 60.5° 264° W
Mon 5 04:53 05:23 06:17 18:52 19:46 20:17 11h 24m 60.9° 263° W
Tue 6 04:51 05:21 06:16 18:52 19:47 20:18 11h 22m 61.3° 263° W
Wed 7 04:50 05:20 06:15 18:53 19:48 20:18 11h 20m 61.7° 263° W
Thu 8 04:48 05:19 06:13 18:54 19:49 20:19 11h 18m 62.0° 262° W
Fri 9 04:47 05:17 06:12 18:55 19:50 20:20 11h 16m 62.4° 262° W
Sat 10 04:45 05:16 06:11 18:55 19:51 20:21 11h 14m 62.8° 261° W
Sun 11 04:44 05:14 06:10 18:56 19:52 20:22 11h 12m 63.2° 261° W
Mon 12 04:42 05:13 06:08 18:57 19:52 20:23 11h 10m 63.6° 260° W
Tue 13 04:41 05:11 06:07 18:58 19:53 20:24 11h 7m 63.9° 260° W
Wed 14 04:39 05:10 06:06 18:59 19:54 20:25 11h 5m 64.3° 259° W
Thu 15 04:38 05:09 06:04 18:59 19:55 20:26 11h 3m 64.7° 259° W
Fri 16 04:36 05:07 06:03 19:00 19:56 20:27 11h 1m 65.0° 258° WSW
Sat 17 04:35 05:06 06:02 19:01 19:57 20:28 10h 59m 65.4° 258° WSW
Sun 18 04:33 05:05 06:01 19:02 19:58 20:29 10h 57m 65.8° 258° WSW
Mon 19 04:32 05:03 06:00 19:03 19:59 20:31 10h 55m 66.1° 257° WSW
Tue 20 04:30 05:02 05:58 19:03 20:00 20:32 10h 53m 66.5° 257° WSW
Wed 21 04:29 05:01 05:57 19:04 20:01 20:33 10h 51m 66.9° 256° WSW
Thu 22 04:28 04:59 05:56 19:05 20:02 20:34 10h 49m 67.2° 256° WSW
Fri 23 04:26 04:58 05:55 19:06 20:03 20:35 10h 47m 67.6° 255° WSW
Sat 24 04:25 04:57 05:54 19:07 20:04 20:36 10h 45m 67.9° 255° WSW
Sun 25 04:23 04:56 05:53 19:08 20:05 20:37 10h 43m 68.3° 255° WSW
Mon 26 04:22 04:54 05:51 19:09 20:06 20:38 10h 41m 68.6° 254° WSW
Tue 27 04:21 04:53 05:50 19:09 20:07 20:40 10h 39m 68.9° 254° WSW
Wed 28 04:19 04:52 05:49 19:10 20:08 20:41 10h 38m 69.3° 253° WSW
Thu 29 04:18 04:51 05:48 19:11 20:09 20:42 10h 36m 69.6° 253° WSW
Fri 30 04:17 04:49 05:47 19:12 20:10 20:43 10h 34m 69.9° 253° WSW
Sat 31 04:15 04:48 05:46 19:13 20:11 20:44 10h 32m 70.3° 252° WSW

November 2026

November 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date First light Sunrise Solar noon Sunset Last light Day length Change Golden hour Moon
Sun 1 05:19 05:45 12:29 19:14 19:40 13h 28m +1:53 18:40–19:30 🌖 57%
Mon 2 05:18 05:44 12:29 19:15 19:41 13h 30m +1:52 18:40–19:31 🌗 45%
Tue 3 05:17 05:43 12:29 19:16 19:42 13h 32m +1:51 18:41–19:32 🌘 34%
Wed 4 05:16 05:43 12:29 19:17 19:43 13h 34m +1:50 18:42–19:33 🌘 23%
Thu 5 05:15 05:42 12:29 19:18 19:44 13h 35m +1:49 18:43–19:34 🌘 15%
Fri 6 05:14 05:41 12:29 19:19 19:45 13h 37m +1:48 18:44–19:35 🌘 8%
Sat 7 05:13 05:40 12:29 19:19 19:46 13h 39m +1:47 18:45–19:36 🌘 3%
Sun 8 05:12 05:39 12:30 19:20 19:47 13h 41m +1:46 18:46–19:37 🌘 1%
Mon 9 05:11 05:38 12:30 19:21 19:48 13h 43m +1:44 18:47–19:38 🌑 0%
Tue 10 05:10 05:38 12:30 19:22 19:50 13h 44m +1:43 18:47–19:39 🌒 2%
Wed 11 05:10 05:37 12:30 19:23 19:51 13h 46m +1:42 18:48–19:40 🌒 5%
Thu 12 05:09 05:36 12:30 19:24 19:52 13h 48m +1:40 18:49–19:41 🌒 9%
Fri 13 05:08 05:35 12:30 19:25 19:53 13h 49m +1:39 18:50–19:42 🌒 16%
Sat 14 05:07 05:35 12:30 19:26 19:54 13h 51m +1:37 18:51–19:43 🌒 23%
Sun 15 05:07 05:34 12:30 19:27 19:55 13h 53m +1:36 18:52–19:44 🌒 31%
Mon 16 05:06 05:33 12:31 19:28 19:56 13h 54m +1:34 18:53–19:45 🌒 40%
Tue 17 05:05 05:33 12:31 19:29 19:57 13h 56m +1:32 18:54–19:46 🌓 50%
Wed 18 05:05 05:32 12:31 19:30 19:58 13h 57m +1:30 18:54–19:47 🌔 60%
Thu 19 05:04 05:32 12:31 19:31 19:59 13h 59m +1:29 18:55–19:48 🌔 70%
Fri 20 05:03 05:31 12:31 19:32 20:00 14h 0m +1:27 18:56–19:49 🌔 79%
Sat 21 05:03 05:31 12:32 19:33 20:01 14h 1m +1:25 18:57–19:50 🌔 87%
Sun 22 05:02 05:30 12:32 19:34 20:02 14h 3m +1:23 18:58–19:51 🌔 93%
Mon 23 05:02 05:30 12:32 19:35 20:03 14h 4m +1:21 18:59–19:52 🌔 98%
Tue 24 05:02 05:30 12:32 19:36 20:04 14h 5m +1:19 19:00–19:53 🌕 100%
Wed 25 05:01 05:29 12:33 19:37 20:05 14h 7m +1:16 19:01–19:54 🌖 99%
Thu 26 05:01 05:29 12:33 19:38 20:06 14h 8m +1:14 19:01–19:55 🌖 96%
Fri 27 05:00 05:29 12:33 19:38 20:07 14h 9m +1:12 19:02–19:56 🌖 90%
Sat 28 05:00 05:28 12:34 19:39 20:08 14h 10m +1:10 19:03–19:57 🌖 82%
Sun 29 05:00 05:28 12:34 19:40 20:09 14h 11m +1:07 19:04–19:58 🌖 72%
Mon 30 05:00 05:28 12:34 19:41 20:10 14h 13m +1:05 19:05–19:58 🌖 61%

Longest and shortest day in Cape Town

The longest day falls on 21 December 2026, in 2 months, with 14h 24m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 4 months ago, with 9h 53m.

Between them the day length swings by 4h 31m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:43 on 12 June; the latest is 20:01 on 7 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 05:28 on 5 December to 07:52 on 30 June.

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

What makes sunsets in Cape Town different

Sitting on the western side of its time zone puts solar noon at 12:33, a full 33 minutes after twelve o'clock, and drags the whole day — sunrise, noon and sunset — along with it.

It takes roughly 25 minutes to go from sunset to proper darkness, right on the 24-minute median for today.

Photographers get 49 minutes of golden light this evening, roughly 1.2× the 40 minutes available at the equator on the same date.

The gap between the longest and shortest day of the year comes to 4h 31m, one of the widest swings of any South Africa city on the site.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it WSW, June swings it 57° round to WNW. Tonight, W.

Sunset drifts 49 seconds later each day this month — 24 minutes from the first of October to the last.

Among 75 tracked South Africa cities, sunset comes latest here, separated from Richards Bay by 58 minutes.

Planning a sunset photo in Cape Town

Arrive by 18:07. Golden hour opens at 18:22 and the sun is down by 18:55, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 261° 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 19:11 and runs to 19:21, the end of civil twilight and 25m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Cape Town — 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 Cape Town today?

The sun sets in Cape Town at 18:55 today, Saturday 10 October 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Cape Town?

It takes 25m. Civil twilight ends at 19:21 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Cape Town?

Evening golden hour runs 18:22 to 19:11 today, lasting 48m. Full golden hour times for Cape Town covers the morning window and the coming week.

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