Augusta-Richmond County, GA · 2026

Sunrise and sunset in Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia

Short answer

Augusta-Richmond County gets 14 h 22 min of daylight on June 21 and 9 h 57 min on December 21, 2026. The latest sunset is 8:41 PM on June 21.
Longest day
14 h 22 min
Shortest day
9 h 57 min

Augusta-Richmond County daylight through 2026

Daylight in Augusta-Richmond County runs from 9 h 57 min on December 21 to 14 h 22 min on June 21, a seasonal swing of 4 h 25 min between June 21 and December 21. That swing ranks 248th of 342 US cities of 100,000+, where 1st is the largest. Around the March equinox the city gets 12 h 08 min, and around the September equinox 12 h 08 min.

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Each column is one day from sunrise to sunset in local clock time.

Augusta-Richmond County daylight by month

MonthAverageSunriseSunset
January10 h 14 min7:24 AM to 7:32 AM5:31 PM to 5:59 PM
February11 h 01 min6:57 AM to 7:24 AM6:00 PM to 6:24 PM
March12 h 00 min6:48 AM to 7:47 AM6:25 PM to 7:48 PM
April13 h 02 min6:41 AM to 7:15 AM7:48 PM to 8:10 PM
May13 h 54 min6:19 AM to 6:40 AM8:11 PM to 8:32 PM
June14 h 20 min6:18 AM to 6:22 AM8:32 PM to 8:41 PM
July14 h 06 min6:22 AM to 6:40 AM8:28 PM to 8:41 PM
August13 h 21 min6:41 AM to 7:01 AM7:54 PM to 8:27 PM
September12 h 22 min7:02 AM to 7:21 AM7:13 PM to 7:53 PM
October11 h 20 min7:22 AM to 7:46 AM6:37 PM to 7:12 PM
November10 h 26 min6:46 AM to 7:13 AM5:20 PM to 5:36 PM
December9 h 59 min7:14 AM to 7:31 AM5:20 PM to 5:30 PM
Local clock time (America/New_York). Computed with SunCalc at 33.366° N, 82.073° W.

Earliest sunrise, latest sunset and the clock

The earliest sunrise comes on June 4 at 6:18 AM and the latest sunset on June 21 at 8:41 PM. The latest sunrise is 7:47 AM on March 8. Daylight saving time starts and ends on March 8 and November 1, which shifts every clock time by an hour.

On standard time the clocks run 5 hours behind UTC, the time of the 75° W meridian. Augusta-Richmond County sits at 82.07° W, so the sun runs about 28 minutes behind the zone clock. Solar noon is at 12:37 PM on January 15 and 1:34 PM on July 15.

Compared with nearby cities

Atlanta, the state capital, gets 2 minutes more daylight than Augusta-Richmond County on June 21 and 2 minutes less on December 21. Day length depends on latitude, so the table lists the paired cities from north to south.

CityLatitudeJune 21December 21
Columbia, SC34.04° N14 h 26 min9 h 53 min
Athens-Clarke County, GA33.95° N14 h 25 min9 h 54 min
Sandy Springs, GA33.93° N14 h 25 min9 h 54 min
Atlanta, GA33.76° N14 h 24 min9 h 55 min
Augusta-Richmond County, GA33.37° N14 h 22 min9 h 57 min
North Charleston, SC32.92° N14 h 20 min9 h 59 min
Charleston, SC32.83° N14 h 19 min9 h 59 min
Macon-Bibb County, GA32.81° N14 h 19 min9 h 59 min
Savannah, GA32.02° N14 h 15 min10 h 03 min
Augusta-Richmond County: 14 h 22 min on June 21 and 9 h 57 min on December 21.

Questions people ask

What is the longest day of the year in Augusta-Richmond County?

June 21, 2026, with 14 h 22 min of daylight: sunrise 6:19 AM, sunset 8:41 PM.

What is the shortest day in Augusta-Richmond County?

December 21, 2026, with 9 h 57 min: sunrise 7:28 AM, sunset 5:24 PM.

When is the latest sunset in Augusta-Richmond County?

8:41 PM on June 21, 2026. The earliest sunset is 5:20 PM on November 28.

What time zone is Augusta-Richmond County in?

America/New_York. Clocks change on March 8 (to EDT) and November 1 (to EST) in 2026.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: computed for 2026 at the Census internal point of Augusta-Richmond County, 33.366° N, 82.073° W; time zone from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  2. 02IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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