Mobile, AL · 2026
Sunrise and sunset in Mobile, Alabama
Short answer
- Longest day
- 14 h 08 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 10 min
Mobile daylight through 2026
Daylight in Mobile runs from 10 h 10 min on December 21 to 14 h 08 min on June 21, a seasonal swing of 3 h 58 min between June 21 and December 21. That swing ranks 293rd 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.
Mobile daylight by month
| Month | Average | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10 h 26 min | 6:44 AM to 6:50 AM | 5:02 PM to 5:27 PM |
| February | 11 h 07 min | 6:19 AM to 6:43 AM | 5:28 PM to 5:50 PM |
| March | 12 h 00 min | 6:11 AM to 7:10 AM | 5:51 PM to 7:10 PM |
| April | 12 h 56 min | 6:09 AM to 6:41 AM | 7:11 PM to 7:30 PM |
| May | 13 h 43 min | 5:50 AM to 6:08 AM | 7:30 PM to 7:50 PM |
| June | 14 h 06 min | 5:49 AM to 5:53 AM | 7:50 PM to 7:59 PM |
| July | 13 h 54 min | 5:53 AM to 6:09 AM | 7:47 PM to 7:59 PM |
| August | 13 h 13 min | 6:10 AM to 6:28 AM | 7:16 PM to 7:46 PM |
| September | 12 h 20 min | 6:28 AM to 6:45 AM | 6:38 PM to 7:15 PM |
| October | 11 h 25 min | 6:46 AM to 7:06 AM | 6:05 PM to 6:37 PM |
| November | 10 h 37 min | 6:07 AM to 6:31 AM | 4:50 PM to 5:04 PM |
| December | 10 h 12 min | 6:32 AM to 6:49 AM | 4:50 PM to 5:01 PM |
Earliest sunrise, latest sunset and the clock
The earliest sunrise comes on June 3 at 5:49 AM and the latest sunset on June 26 at 7:59 PM. The latest sunrise is 7:10 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 6 hours behind UTC, the time of the 90° W meridian. Mobile sits at 88.11° W, so the sun runs about 8 minutes ahead of the zone clock. Solar noon is at 12:01 PM on January 15 and 12:58 PM on July 15.
Compared with nearby cities
Montgomery, the state capital, gets 9 minutes more daylight than Mobile on June 21 and 8 minutes less on December 21. Day length depends on latitude, so the table lists the paired cities from north to south.
| City | Latitude | June 21 | December 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL | 33.53° N | 14 h 23 min | 9 h 56 min |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 33.23° N | 14 h 21 min | 9 h 57 min |
| Columbus, GA | 32.51° N | 14 h 17 min | 10 h 01 min |
| Montgomery, AL | 32.35° N | 14 h 17 min | 10 h 02 min |
| Jackson, MS | 32.32° N | 14 h 16 min | 10 h 02 min |
| Mobile, AL | 30.67° N | 14 h 08 min | 10 h 10 min |
| Tallahassee, FL | 30.45° N | 14 h 07 min | 10 h 11 min |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 30.44° N | 14 h 07 min | 10 h 11 min |
| New Orleans, LA | 30.05° N | 14 h 05 min | 10 h 13 min |
Questions people ask
What is the longest day of the year in Mobile?
June 21, 2026, with 14 h 08 min of daylight: sunrise 5:50 AM, sunset 7:58 PM.
What is the shortest day in Mobile?
December 21, 2026, with 10 h 10 min: sunrise 6:45 AM, sunset 4:55 PM.
When is the latest sunset in Mobile?
7:59 PM on June 26, 2026. The earliest sunset is 4:50 PM on November 28.
What time zone is Mobile in?
America/Chicago. Clocks change on March 8 (to CDT) and November 1 (to CST) in 2026.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: computed for 2026 at the Census internal point of Mobile, 30.668° N, 88.108° W; time zone from Open-Meteo.
- 01SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 02IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.