How the light changes today

Each colour is a stage of the sky, from full night to full daylight and back. The marker is the time in Santiago right now.

Morning

Astronomical dawn05:21
Nautical dawn05:53
Civil dawn · blue hour06:24
Golden hour begins06:34
Sunrise06:50
Golden hour ends07:23

Solar noon

13:27

Sun 68.8° above the horizon

Evening

Golden hour begins19:30
Sunset20:04
Golden hour ends · blue hour20:20
Civil dusk20:30
Nautical dusk21:01
Astronomical dusk21:33

What do civil, nautical and astronomical twilight mean? Read the guide →

Where the sun rises and sets

Directions from Santiago today. The shaded fans show how far sunrise and sunset swing between June and December; the dot is the sun right now.

Sunrise at 06:50In June it rises at 62° ENE, in December at 119° ESE105° ESE

Sunset at 20:04In June it sets at 298° WNW, in December at 241° WSW255° WSW

Coming up in Santiago

Days are getting longer

+2.0 min a day

Longest day 21 Dec, in 57 days

Sunrise and sunset on any date

Pick a day of 2026 to see its sunrise, sunset and daylight in Santiago.

Choose a date

Monday, 21 December 2026

Sunrise06:29

Sunset20:52

Daylight14 h 23 min

First light (civil dawn): 06:01 · Last light (civil dusk): 21:21
Moon 90% lit

The moon tonight

Full moon

99% lit · 14.0 days old

Moonrise: 19:51
Moonset: 06:07
Full moon: tomorrow
New moon: 9 Nov

Today
99%

Mon
100%

Tue
97%

Wed
92%

Thu
85%

Fri
76%

Sat
65%

Today in Santiago

Today the sun rises over Santiago at 06:50 and sets at 20:04, giving 13 h 14 min of daylight.

Being south of the equator, Santiago has its longest days in December and its shortest in June.

Across 2026 the day length in Santiago swings by 4 h 27 min, from 9 h 56 min on 21 June to 14 h 23 min on 21 December.

The earliest sunrise of 2026 falls on 4 December, at 06:25 - not on the longest day, because the equation of time pulls the two apart.

The moon is waxing tonight, 99% lit.

A year of daylight in Santiago

Every column is one day of 2026, from midnight at the top to midnight at the bottom. Hover or drag across it to read any day.

Longest day

14 h 23 min

21 December

Shortest day

9 h 56 min

21 June

Earliest sunrise

06:25

4 December, not on the longest day

Latest sunset

20:56

6 January

Clocks back · 5 Apr

Clocks forward · 6 Sep

Today Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 20:04 Daylight 13 h 14 min Dark from 21:33

DaylightCivil twilightNautical twilightAstronomical twilightNight

The light in Santiago, season by season

Through the year

61 days with more than 14 hours of daylight, from 21 November to 20 January.
Earliest sunset of the year: 17:41 on 11 June, 10 days before the shortest day.
Latest sunrise of the year: 07:57 on 4 April.

For photographers

Golden hour this evening: 19:30–20:20, with the sun low in the west (256°).
Blue hour right after: 20:20–20:30.
Over the week the evening golden hour moves from 19:30 today to 19:35 on 31 October.
Tomorrow's morning golden hour: 06:33–07:22.

Santiago compared with other cities

How much daylight each city gets between the shortest and the longest day of 2026.

On 21 June La Paz gets 1 h 13 min more daylight than Santiago, and on 21 December 1 h 16 min less.

SantiagoThis page

9 h 56 min – 14 h 23 min

Córdoba648 km away

10 h 6 min – 14 h 12 min

Buenos Aires1,137 km away

9 h 50 min – 14 h 29 min

Montevideo1,339 km away

9 h 49 min – 14 h 30 min

La Paz1,902 km away

11 h 9 min – 13 h 7 min

Each bar runs from the shortest to the longest day of the year.

October 2026 in Santiago

Sunrise, sunset and day length for every day of the month. The bar shows where the daylight falls in the 24 hours.

Sunrise, sunset and day length for every day of October 2026 in Santiago, CL.
Date	Sunrise	Sunset	Day length	Change
1Thu	07:20	19:45	12 h 26 min	+2 min
2Fri	07:18	19:46	12 h 28 min	+2 min
3Sat	07:17	19:47	12 h 30 min	+2 min
4Sun	07:16	19:47	12 h 32 min	+2 min
5Mon	07:14	19:48	12 h 34 min	+2 min
6Tue	07:13	19:49	12 h 36 min	+2 min
7Wed	07:12	19:50	12 h 38 min	+2 min
8Thu	07:10	19:50	12 h 40 min	+2 min
9Fri	07:09	19:51	12 h 42 min	+2 min
10Sat	07:08	19:52	12 h 44 min	+2 min
11Sun	07:06	19:53	12 h 46 min	+2 min
12Mon	07:05	19:53	12 h 48 min	+2 min
13Tue	07:04	19:54	12 h 50 min	+2 min
14Wed	07:03	19:55	12 h 52 min	+2 min
15Thu	07:01	19:56	12 h 54 min	+2 min
16Fri	07:00	19:57	12 h 56 min	+2 min
17Sat	06:59	19:57	12 h 58 min	+2 min
18Sun	06:58	19:58	13 h 0 min	+2 min
19Mon	06:57	19:59	13 h 2 min	+2 min
20Tue	06:55	20:00	13 h 4 min	+2 min
21Wed	06:54	20:01	13 h 6 min	+2 min
22Thu	06:53	20:01	13 h 8 min	+2 min
23Fri	06:52	20:02	13 h 10 min	+2 min
24Sat	06:51	20:03	13 h 12 min	+2 min
25Sun	06:50	20:04	13 h 14 min	+2 min
26Mon	06:49	20:05	13 h 16 min	+2 min
27Tue	06:48	20:06	13 h 18 min	+2 min
28Wed	06:47	20:07	13 h 20 min	+2 min
29Thu	06:46	20:07	13 h 22 min	+2 min
30Fri	06:45	20:08	13 h 24 min	+2 min
31Sat	06:44	20:09	13 h 26 min	+2 min

Common questions about the sun in Santiago

What time does the sun rise in Santiago?

Today the sun rises in Santiago at 06:50, local time.

What time does the sun set in Santiago?

Today the sun sets in Santiago at 20:04, local time.

How long is the day in Santiago today?

Santiago gets 13 h 14 min of daylight today, from sunrise to sunset.

When is the longest day of the year in Santiago?

The longest day of 2026 in Santiago is 21 December, with 14 h 23 min of daylight.

What phase is the moon in tonight?

The moon is waxing over Santiago tonight, 99% lit.

Where does the sun rise in Santiago?

Today it rises in the east (105°). Through the year the sunrise point swings from the north-east (62°) in June to the south-east (119°) in December.

When is golden hour in Santiago today?

In the morning from 06:34 to 07:23, and in the evening from 19:30 to 20:20.

When is the earliest sunset in Santiago?

On 11 June, at 17:41. It comes 10 days before the shortest day, which is 21 June.

Cities at the same latitude as Santiago

At a similar latitude the day lasts almost the same on any date; the clock time of sunrise and sunset still depends on each time zone.

Sydney Cape Town Perth Durban

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Sunrise and sunset in Santiago