Boca Raton, FL · 2026

Sunrise and sunset in Boca Raton, Florida

Short answer

Boca Raton gets 13 h 48 min of daylight on June 21 and 10 h 29 min on December 21, 2026. The latest sunset is 8:17 PM on June 27.
Longest day
13 h 48 min
Shortest day
10 h 29 min

Boca Raton daylight through 2026

Daylight in Boca Raton runs from 10 h 29 min on December 21 to 13 h 48 min on June 21, a seasonal swing of 3 h 19 min between June 21 and December 21. That swing ranks 326th of 342 US cities of 100,000+, where 1st is the largest. Around the March equinox the city gets 12 h 07 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.

Boca Raton daylight by month

MonthAverageSunriseSunset
January10 h 42 min7:05 AM to 7:09 AM5:39 PM to 6:02 PM
February11 h 17 min6:44 AM to 7:04 AM6:03 PM to 6:21 PM
March12 h 01 min6:37 AM to 7:36 AM6:21 PM to 7:37 PM
April12 h 48 min6:43 AM to 7:11 AM7:37 PM to 7:52 PM
May13 h 27 min6:27 AM to 6:42 AM7:52 PM to 8:08 PM
June13 h 46 min6:27 AM to 6:31 AM8:09 PM to 8:17 PM
July13 h 36 min6:31 AM to 6:45 AM8:08 PM to 8:17 PM
August13 h 02 min6:45 AM to 6:59 AM7:41 PM to 8:07 PM
September12 h 18 min7:00 AM to 7:12 AM7:07 PM to 7:40 PM
October11 h 31 min7:12 AM to 7:28 AM6:38 PM to 7:06 PM
November10 h 51 min6:29 AM to 6:50 AM5:27 PM to 5:38 PM
December10 h 31 min6:51 AM to 7:08 AM5:27 PM to 5:39 PM
Local clock time (America/New_York). Computed with SunCalc at 26.373° N, 80.104° W.

Earliest sunrise, latest sunset and the clock

The earliest sunrise comes on May 31 at 6:27 AM and the latest sunset on June 27 at 8:17 PM. The latest sunrise is 7:36 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. Boca Raton sits at 80.10° W, so the sun runs about 20 minutes behind the zone clock. Solar noon is at 12:29 PM on January 15 and 1:26 PM on July 15.

Compared with nearby cities

Tallahassee, the state capital, gets 19 minutes more daylight than Boca Raton on June 21 and 18 minutes less on December 21. Day length depends on latitude, so the table lists the paired cities from north to south.

CityLatitudeJune 21December 21
Palm Bay, FL27.95° N13 h 55 min10 h 22 min
Port St. Lucie, FL27.28° N13 h 52 min10 h 25 min
West Palm Beach, FL26.75° N13 h 49 min10 h 28 min
Boca Raton, FL26.37° N13 h 48 min10 h 29 min
Coral Springs, FL26.27° N13 h 47 min10 h 30 min
Pompano Beach, FL26.24° N13 h 47 min10 h 30 min
Sunrise, FL26.17° N13 h 47 min10 h 30 min
Fort Lauderdale, FL26.14° N13 h 47 min10 h 30 min
Plantation, FL26.13° N13 h 47 min10 h 30 min
Davie, FL26.08° N13 h 46 min10 h 30 min
Hollywood, FL26.03° N13 h 46 min10 h 31 min
Boca Raton: 13 h 48 min on June 21 and 10 h 29 min on December 21.

Questions people ask

What is the longest day of the year in Boca Raton?

June 21, 2026, with 13 h 48 min of daylight: sunrise 6:28 AM, sunset 8:16 PM.

What is the shortest day in Boca Raton?

December 21, 2026, with 10 h 29 min: sunrise 7:04 AM, sunset 5:33 PM.

When is the latest sunset in Boca Raton?

8:17 PM on June 27, 2026. The earliest sunset is 5:27 PM on November 25.

What time zone is Boca Raton 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 Boca Raton, 26.373° N, 80.104° 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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