Sterling Heights, MI · 2026
Sunrise and sunset in Sterling Heights, Michigan
Short answer
- Longest day
- 15 h 19 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 03 min
Sterling Heights daylight through 2026
Daylight in Sterling Heights runs from 9 h 03 min on December 21 to 15 h 19 min on June 21, a seasonal swing of 6 h 16 min between June 21 and December 21. That swing ranks 38th of 342 US cities of 100,000+, where 1st is the largest. Around the March equinox the city gets 12 h 09 min, and around the September equinox 12 h 10 min.
Sterling Heights daylight by month
| Month | Average | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9 h 29 min | 7:47 AM to 8:02 AM | 5:09 PM to 5:44 PM |
| February | 10 h 35 min | 7:09 AM to 7:46 AM | 5:45 PM to 6:20 PM |
| March | 11 h 58 min | 6:57 AM to 7:55 AM | 6:21 PM to 7:57 PM |
| April | 13 h 24 min | 6:28 AM to 7:14 AM | 7:58 PM to 8:31 PM |
| May | 14 h 38 min | 5:57 AM to 6:26 AM | 8:32 PM to 9:02 PM |
| June | 15 h 15 min | 5:53 AM to 5:57 AM | 9:03 PM to 9:13 PM |
| July | 14 h 56 min | 5:58 AM to 6:23 AM | 8:53 PM to 9:13 PM |
| August | 13 h 51 min | 6:24 AM to 6:56 AM | 8:07 PM to 8:52 PM |
| September | 12 h 28 min | 6:57 AM to 7:28 AM | 7:15 PM to 8:06 PM |
| October | 11 h 02 min | 7:29 AM to 8:04 AM | 6:26 PM to 7:13 PM |
| November | 9 h 46 min | 7:05 AM to 7:41 AM | 5:00 PM to 5:24 PM |
| December | 9 h 07 min | 7:42 AM to 8:01 AM | 4:58 PM to 5:08 PM |
Earliest sunrise, latest sunset and the clock
The earliest sunrise comes on June 13 at 5:53 AM and the latest sunset on June 20 at 9:13 PM. The latest sunrise is 8:04 AM on October 31. 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. Sterling Heights sits at 83.03° W, so the sun runs about 32 minutes behind the zone clock. Solar noon is at 12:41 PM on January 15 and 1:38 PM on July 15.
Compared with nearby cities
Lansing, the state capital, gets 1 minutes more daylight than Sterling Heights on June 21 and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids, MI | 42.96° N | 15 h 22 min | 9 h 00 min |
| Buffalo, NY | 42.89° N | 15 h 21 min | 9 h 01 min |
| Lansing, MI | 42.71° N | 15 h 20 min | 9 h 02 min |
| Sterling Heights, MI | 42.58° N | 15 h 19 min | 9 h 03 min |
| Warren, MI | 42.49° N | 15 h 18 min | 9 h 04 min |
| Detroit, MI | 42.38° N | 15 h 17 min | 9 h 04 min |
| Dearborn, MI | 42.31° N | 15 h 17 min | 9 h 05 min |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 42.28° N | 15 h 17 min | 9 h 05 min |
| Toledo, OH | 41.66° N | 15 h 12 min | 9 h 09 min |
| Cleveland, OH | 41.48° N | 15 h 11 min | 9 h 10 min |
| Akron, OH | 41.08° N | 15 h 08 min | 9 h 13 min |
Questions people ask
What is the longest day of the year in Sterling Heights?
June 21, 2026, with 15 h 19 min of daylight: sunrise 5:54 AM, sunset 9:13 PM.
What is the shortest day in Sterling Heights?
December 21, 2026, with 9 h 03 min: sunrise 7:58 AM, sunset 5:01 PM.
When is the latest sunset in Sterling Heights?
9:13 PM on June 20, 2026. The earliest sunset is 4:58 PM on December 5.
What time zone is Sterling Heights in?
America/Detroit. 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 Sterling Heights, 42.581° N, 83.030° 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.