Clearwater, FL · 2026

Sunrise and sunset in Clearwater, Florida

Short answer

Clearwater gets 13 h 55 min of daylight on June 21 and 10 h 22 min on December 21, 2026. The latest sunset is 8:31 PM on June 24.
Longest day
13 h 55 min
Shortest day
10 h 22 min

Clearwater daylight through 2026

Daylight in Clearwater runs from 10 h 22 min on December 21 to 13 h 55 min on June 21, a seasonal swing of 3 h 33 min between June 21 and December 21. That swing ranks 317th 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.

Clearwater daylight by month

MonthAverageSunriseSunset
January10 h 36 min7:18 AM to 7:23 AM5:47 PM to 6:10 PM
February11 h 13 min6:56 AM to 7:18 AM6:11 PM to 6:30 PM
March12 h 01 min6:49 AM to 7:48 AM6:31 PM to 7:48 PM
April12 h 51 min6:51 AM to 7:21 AM7:48 PM to 8:04 PM
May13 h 33 min6:35 AM to 6:51 AM8:05 PM to 8:22 PM
June13 h 53 min6:34 AM to 6:38 AM8:23 PM to 8:31 PM
July13 h 43 min6:38 AM to 6:53 AM8:21 PM to 8:31 PM
August13 h 06 min6:53 AM to 7:09 AM7:52 PM to 8:20 PM
September12 h 18 min7:09 AM to 7:23 AM7:18 PM to 7:51 PM
October11 h 29 min7:23 AM to 7:41 AM6:47 PM to 7:16 PM
November10 h 46 min6:42 AM to 7:04 AM5:35 PM to 5:46 PM
December10 h 24 min7:05 AM to 7:22 AM5:35 PM to 5:46 PM
Local clock time (America/New_York). Computed with SunCalc at 27.979° N, 82.771° W.

Earliest sunrise, latest sunset and the clock

The earliest sunrise comes on June 1 at 6:34 AM and the latest sunset on June 24 at 8:31 PM. The latest sunrise is 7:48 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. Clearwater sits at 82.77° W, so the sun runs about 31 minutes behind the zone clock. Solar noon is at 12:40 PM on January 15 and 1:37 PM on July 15.

Compared with nearby cities

Tallahassee, the state capital, gets 12 minutes more daylight than Clearwater on June 21 and 11 minutes less on December 21. Day length depends on latitude, so the table lists the paired cities from north to south.

CityLatitudeJune 21December 21
Tallahassee, FL30.45° N14 h 07 min10 h 11 min
Gainesville, FL29.68° N14 h 03 min10 h 14 min
Palm Coast, FL29.54° N14 h 03 min10 h 15 min
Deltona, FL28.91° N13 h 59 min10 h 18 min
Orlando, FL28.41° N13 h 57 min10 h 20 min
Lakeland, FL28.06° N13 h 55 min10 h 22 min
Clearwater, FL27.98° N13 h 55 min10 h 22 min
Tampa, FL27.97° N13 h 55 min10 h 22 min
Palm Bay, FL27.95° N13 h 55 min10 h 22 min
St. Petersburg, FL27.76° N13 h 54 min10 h 23 min
Cape Coral, FL26.64° N13 h 49 min10 h 28 min
Clearwater: 13 h 55 min on June 21 and 10 h 22 min on December 21.

Questions people ask

What is the longest day of the year in Clearwater?

June 21, 2026, with 13 h 55 min of daylight: sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 8:30 PM.

What is the shortest day in Clearwater?

December 21, 2026, with 10 h 22 min: sunrise 7:18 AM, sunset 5:40 PM.

When is the latest sunset in Clearwater?

8:31 PM on June 24, 2026. The earliest sunset is 5:35 PM on November 23.

What time zone is Clearwater 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 Clearwater, 27.979° N, 82.771° 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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