HI capital · 2026

Sunrise and sunset in Honolulu, Hawaii

Short answer

Honolulu gets 13 h 26 min of daylight on June 20 and 10 h 50 min on December 21, 2026. Sunrise is earliest on June 1 at 5:48 AM.
Longest day
13 h 26 min
Shortest day
10 h 50 min

Honolulu daylight by month, 2026

Average hours of daylight in each month, with the day length on the first and last day and the range of sunrise and sunset clock times. Open a month for every day.

MonthAverageSunriseSunset
January11 h 01 min7:08 AM to 7:11 AM6:01 PM to 6:21 PM
February11 h 28 min6:52 AM to 7:08 AM6:21 PM to 6:35 PM
March12 h 03 min6:25 AM to 6:51 AM6:35 PM to 6:46 PM
April12 h 39 min6:01 AM to 6:24 AM6:46 PM to 6:56 PM
May13 h 10 min5:49 AM to 6:00 AM6:56 PM to 7:09 PM
June13 h 25 min5:48 AM to 5:52 AM7:09 PM to 7:17 PM
July13 h 17 min5:53 AM to 6:04 AM7:10 PM to 7:17 PM
August12 h 50 min6:05 AM to 6:14 AM6:48 PM to 7:10 PM
September12 h 15 min6:15 AM to 6:22 AM6:19 PM to 6:47 PM
October11 h 39 min6:22 AM to 6:34 AM5:55 PM to 6:18 PM
November11 h 07 min6:34 AM to 6:52 AM5:48 PM to 5:55 PM
December10 h 52 min6:52 AM to 7:08 AM5:48 PM to 6:00 PM
Local clock time in Honolulu. Computed with SunCalc at 21.307° N, 157.858° W.

Longest and shortest days

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Each column is one day from sunrise to sunset in local clock time. The one-hour steps are the daylight saving time changes.

The longest day in 2026 is June 20 with 13 h 26 min between sunrise at 5:50 AM and sunset at 7:16 PM. The shortest is December 21 with 10 h 50 min. The difference, 2 h 36 min between June 21 and December 21, ranks 51st largest among the 51 capitals. Few capitals see less seasonal change, because day length varies less closer to the equator.

Earliest sunrise and latest sunset

The earliest sunrise of the year comes on June 1 at 5:48 AM, and the latest sunset on June 25 at 7:17 PM. The latest sunrise falls on January 9 at 7:11 AM, and the earliest sunset on November 18 at 5:48 PM.

Honolulu keeps the same clock time all year, so sunrise and sunset move only with the seasons and never jump by an hour. The earliest sunrise and latest sunset still fall days away from the longest day, because solar noon drifts through the year.

Solar noon and the time zone

On standard time Honolulu's clocks run 10 hours behind UTC, which matches the meridian at 150° W. The capitol sits at 157.86° W, 7.86° west of it, which puts the sun about 31 minutes behind the zone's clock noon. Solar noon on January 15 is at 12:41 PM and on July 15 at 12:37 PM; the rest of the gap comes from daylight saving time and the equation of time.

Questions people ask

What is the longest day of the year in Honolulu?

June 20, 2026, with 13 h 26 min of daylight. Sunrise 5:50 AM, sunset 7:16 PM.

What is the shortest day of the year in Honolulu?

December 21, 2026, with 10 h 50 min of daylight.

When is the earliest sunrise in Honolulu?

5:48 AM on June 1, 2026.

When is the latest sunset in Honolulu?

7:17 PM on June 25, 2026.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: computed for 2026 at the stored capitol coordinate, 21.307° N, 157.858° W.

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

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.