Sunset and sunrise times in Recife, Brazil

In Recife, Brazil the sun sets today, Saturday 26 September, at 17:15 and rises at 05:06. Daylight lasts 12h 8m; evening golden hour runs from 16:47 to 17:27.

Today, Saturday 26 September

First light: 04:45
Sunrise: 05:06
Solar noon: 11:10
Sunset: 17:15
Last light: 17:35
Day length: 12h 8m

17h 13m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour: 16:47 – 17:27
Blue hour: 17:27 – 17:35
Max sun altitude: 83.3°
Moon: 🌕 Full moon
Moonrise / moonset: 17:10 / 04:46

The sun sets at 268° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 27 September

Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 17:14 Golden hour 16:47 – 17:27 Day length 12h 8m vs today the same length

Where Recife is

Coordinates: 8.0539° S, 34.8811° W
Time zone: America/Recife
Current offset: UTC-03:00
Elevation: 8 m
Population: 1,653,461

Sunrise and sunset in Recife, September 2026

September 2026 — first light, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, last light, day length and evening golden hour.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Tue 1	04:59	05:20	11:19	17:18	17:39	11h 57m	+0:25	16:50–17:31	🌖 79%
Wed 2	04:59	05:20	11:19	17:18	17:39	11h 57m	+0:25	16:50–17:31	🌖 69%
Thu 3	04:58	05:19	11:18	17:18	17:39	11h 58m	+0:25	16:50–17:31	🌖 58%
Fri 4	04:58	05:19	11:18	17:17	17:39	11h 58m	+0:25	16:50–17:30	🌗 46%
Sat 5	04:57	05:18	11:18	17:17	17:38	11h 59m	+0:25	16:50–17:30	🌘 35%
Sun 6	04:57	05:18	11:17	17:17	17:38	11h 59m	+0:25	16:49–17:30	🌘 24%
Mon 7	04:56	05:17	11:17	17:17	17:38	12h 0m	+0:25	16:49–17:30	🌘 15%
Tue 8	04:56	05:17	11:17	17:17	17:38	12h 0m	+0:25	16:49–17:30	🌘 7%
Wed 9	04:55	05:16	11:16	17:17	17:38	12h 0m	+0:26	16:49–17:30	🌘 3%
Thu 10	04:54	05:15	11:16	17:17	17:38	12h 1m	+0:26	16:49–17:30	🌑 0%
Fri 11	04:54	05:15	11:16	17:17	17:38	12h 1m	+0:26	16:49–17:29	🌒 0%
Sat 12	04:53	05:14	11:15	17:16	17:37	12h 2m	+0:26	16:49–17:29	🌒 3%
Sun 13	04:53	05:14	11:15	17:16	17:37	12h 2m	+0:26	16:49–17:29	🌒 7%
Mon 14	04:52	05:13	11:15	17:16	17:37	12h 3m	+0:26	16:49–17:29	🌒 14%
Tue 15	04:52	05:13	11:14	17:16	17:37	12h 3m	+0:26	16:48–17:29	🌒 21%
Wed 16	04:51	05:12	11:14	17:16	17:37	12h 3m	+0:26	16:48–17:29	🌒 30%
Thu 17	04:51	05:11	11:14	17:16	17:37	12h 4m	+0:26	16:48–17:29	🌒 38%
Fri 18	04:50	05:11	11:13	17:16	17:36	12h 4m	+0:26	16:48–17:28	🌓 48%
Sat 19	04:49	05:10	11:13	17:15	17:36	12h 5m	+0:26	16:48–17:28	🌔 57%
Sun 20	04:49	05:10	11:12	17:15	17:36	12h 5m	+0:26	16:48–17:28	🌔 66%
Mon 21	04:48	05:09	11:12	17:15	17:36	12h 6m	+0:26	16:48–17:28	🌔 75%
Tue 22	04:48	05:09	11:12	17:15	17:36	12h 6m	+0:26	16:47–17:28	🌔 83%
Wed 23	04:47	05:08	11:11	17:15	17:36	12h 6m	+0:26	16:47–17:28	🌔 90%
Thu 24	04:47	05:07	11:11	17:15	17:36	12h 7m	+0:26	16:47–17:28	🌔 95%
Fri 25	04:46	05:07	11:11	17:15	17:36	12h 7m	+0:26	16:47–17:27	🌔 98%
Sat 26	04:45	05:06	11:10	17:15	17:35	12h 8m	+0:27	16:47–17:27	🌕 100%
Sun 27	04:45	05:06	11:10	17:14	17:35	12h 8m	+0:27	16:47–17:27	🌖 99%
Mon 28	04:44	05:05	11:10	17:14	17:35	12h 9m	+0:27	16:47–17:27	🌖 96%
Tue 29	04:44	05:05	11:09	17:14	17:35	12h 9m	+0:27	16:47–17:27	🌖 90%
Wed 30	04:43	05:04	11:09	17:14	17:35	12h 10m	+0:27	16:46–17:27	🌖 83%

More columns for September 2026: nautical and astronomical twilight, night length, sun altitude, sunset direction

September 2026 — extended twilight and geometry.
Date	Astro. dawn	Naut. dawn	Sunrise	Sunset	Naut. dusk	Astro. dusk	Night	Max altitude	Sunset direction
Tue 1	04:10	04:35	05:20	17:18	18:03	18:28	12h 1m	73.8°	278° W
Wed 2	04:10	04:34	05:20	17:18	18:03	18:28	12h 1m	74.2°	278° W
Thu 3	04:09	04:34	05:19	17:18	18:03	18:27	12h 1m	74.5°	277° W
Fri 4	04:09	04:33	05:19	17:17	18:03	18:27	12h 0m	74.9°	277° W
Sat 5	04:08	04:33	05:18	17:17	18:03	18:27	12h 0m	75.3°	277° W
Sun 6	04:08	04:32	05:18	17:17	18:03	18:27	11h 59m	75.7°	276° W
Mon 7	04:07	04:32	05:17	17:17	18:02	18:27	11h 59m	76.0°	276° W
Tue 8	04:07	04:31	05:17	17:17	18:02	18:27	11h 58m	76.4°	275° W
Wed 9	04:06	04:31	05:16	17:17	18:02	18:26	11h 58m	76.8°	275° W
Thu 10	04:06	04:30	05:15	17:17	18:02	18:26	11h 58m	77.2°	275° W
Fri 11	04:05	04:30	05:15	17:17	18:02	18:26	11h 57m	77.5°	274° W
Sat 12	04:05	04:29	05:14	17:16	18:02	18:26	11h 57m	77.9°	274° W
Sun 13	04:04	04:29	05:14	17:16	18:01	18:26	11h 56m	78.3°	273° W
Mon 14	04:04	04:28	05:13	17:16	18:01	18:26	11h 56m	78.7°	273° W
Tue 15	04:03	04:27	05:13	17:16	18:01	18:25	11h 55m	79.1°	273° W
Wed 16	04:03	04:27	05:12	17:16	18:01	18:25	11h 55m	79.5°	272° W
Thu 17	04:02	04:26	05:11	17:16	18:01	18:25	11h 55m	79.8°	272° W
Fri 18	04:01	04:26	05:11	17:16	18:01	18:25	11h 54m	80.2°	272° W
Sat 19	04:01	04:25	05:10	17:15	18:01	18:25	11h 54m	80.6°	271° W
Sun 20	04:00	04:25	05:10	17:15	18:00	18:25	11h 53m	81.0°	271° W
Mon 21	04:00	04:24	05:09	17:15	18:00	18:25	11h 53m	81.4°	270° W
Tue 22	03:59	04:23	05:09	17:15	18:00	18:24	11h 52m	81.8°	270° W
Wed 23	03:59	04:23	05:08	17:15	18:00	18:24	11h 52m	82.2°	270° W
Thu 24	03:58	04:22	05:07	17:15	18:00	18:24	11h 52m	82.6°	269° W
Fri 25	03:57	04:22	05:07	17:15	18:00	18:24	11h 51m	83.0°	269° W
Sat 26	03:57	04:21	05:06	17:15	18:00	18:24	11h 51m	83.3°	268° W
Sun 27	03:56	04:21	05:06	17:14	18:00	18:24	11h 50m	83.7°	268° W
Mon 28	03:56	04:20	05:05	17:14	18:00	18:24	11h 50m	84.1°	268° W
Tue 29	03:55	04:19	05:05	17:14	17:59	18:24	11h 49m	84.5°	267° W
Wed 30	03:54	04:19	05:04	17:14	17:59	18:24	11h 49m	84.9°	267° W

October 2026

October 2026 — the same columns, one month ahead.
Date	First light	Sunrise	Solar noon	Sunset	Last light	Day length	Change	Golden hour	Moon
Thu 1	04:43	05:03	11:09	17:14	17:35	12h 10m	+0:27	16:46–17:27	🌖 73%
Fri 2	04:42	05:03	11:08	17:14	17:35	12h 10m	+0:27	16:46–17:27	🌖 62%
Sat 3	04:41	05:02	11:08	17:14	17:35	12h 11m	+0:27	16:46–17:27	🌗 50%
Sun 4	04:41	05:02	11:08	17:14	17:35	12h 11m	+0:27	16:46–17:27	🌘 38%
Mon 5	04:40	05:01	11:07	17:14	17:35	12h 12m	+0:27	16:46–17:26	🌘 27%
Tue 6	04:40	05:01	11:07	17:14	17:35	12h 12m	+0:27	16:46–17:26	🌘 18%
Wed 7	04:39	05:00	11:07	17:13	17:34	12h 13m	+0:26	16:46–17:26	🌘 10%
Thu 8	04:39	05:00	11:07	17:13	17:34	12h 13m	+0:26	16:46–17:26	🌘 4%
Fri 9	04:38	04:59	11:06	17:13	17:34	12h 14m	+0:26	16:46–17:26	🌘 1%
Sat 10	04:38	04:59	11:06	17:13	17:34	12h 14m	+0:26	16:46–17:26	🌑 0%
Sun 11	04:37	04:58	11:06	17:13	17:34	12h 14m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 1%
Mon 12	04:37	04:58	11:05	17:13	17:34	12h 15m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 5%
Tue 13	04:36	04:57	11:05	17:13	17:34	12h 15m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 9%
Wed 14	04:36	04:57	11:05	17:13	17:34	12h 16m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 16%
Thu 15	04:35	04:56	11:05	17:13	17:34	12h 16m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 23%
Fri 16	04:35	04:56	11:05	17:13	17:34	12h 17m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 31%
Sat 17	04:34	04:56	11:04	17:13	17:34	12h 17m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌒 40%
Sun 18	04:34	04:55	11:04	17:13	17:34	12h 17m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌓 50%
Mon 19	04:34	04:55	11:04	17:13	17:34	12h 18m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌔 59%
Tue 20	04:33	04:54	11:04	17:13	17:35	12h 18m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌔 69%
Wed 21	04:33	04:54	11:04	17:13	17:35	12h 19m	+0:26	16:45–17:26	🌔 77%
Thu 22	04:32	04:54	11:03	17:13	17:35	12h 19m	+0:25	16:45–17:26	🌔 85%
Fri 23	04:32	04:53	11:03	17:13	17:35	12h 20m	+0:25	16:45–17:27	🌔 92%
Sat 24	04:32	04:53	11:03	17:13	17:35	12h 20m	+0:25	16:45–17:27	🌔 97%
Sun 25	04:31	04:53	11:03	17:14	17:35	12h 20m	+0:25	16:45–17:27	🌔 99%
Mon 26	04:31	04:52	11:03	17:14	17:35	12h 21m	+0:25	16:45–17:27	🌕 100%
Tue 27	04:31	04:52	11:03	17:14	17:35	12h 21m	+0:25	16:45–17:27	🌖 97%
Wed 28	04:30	04:52	11:03	17:14	17:35	12h 22m	+0:25	16:46–17:27	🌖 93%
Thu 29	04:30	04:51	11:03	17:14	17:36	12h 22m	+0:24	16:46–17:27	🌖 86%
Fri 30	04:30	04:51	11:03	17:14	17:36	12h 23m	+0:24	16:46–17:27	🌖 76%
Sat 31	04:29	04:51	11:03	17:14	17:36	12h 23m	+0:24	16:46–17:28	🌖 66%

Longest and shortest day in Recife

The longest day falls on 21 December 2026, in 3 months, with 12h 35m of daylight.

The shortest is 21 June 2026, 3 months ago, with 11h 39m.

Between them the day length swings by 56m.

Daylight through 2026

Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:07 on 26 May; the latest is 17:46 on 29 January. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 04:49 on 15 November to 05:34 on 15 July.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 6m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Recife different

On standard time the sun peaks at 11:10, 49 minutes before clock noon, because the city sits near the eastern edge of its time zone. Sunrise and sunset are pushed the same way.

Light lingers for 21 minutes after sunset before civil twilight ends — 3 minutes shorter than the 24-minute median across tracked cities, which is what 8.1°S buys you.

The gap between the longest and shortest day of the year comes to 56m, one of the narrowest swings of any Brazil city on the site.

The sun does not set in the same place twice: the December solstice puts it WSW, June swings it 47° round to WNW. Tonight, W.

On 28 February and 14 October the midday sun stands at the zenith, 228 days apart. Those are the only two days of the year with no noon shadow. The next one is in 18 days.

The longest and shortest days of the year differ by just 56 minutes here. In London the same gap is around 8.8 hours. That is about 9 times less seasonal variation.

Sitting in 3 months of the longest day (21 December) means the sun has almost stopped drifting — 12h 8m of daylight today, and only 1 minutes of movement in sunset over the next two weeks.

Planning a sunset photo in Recife

Arrive by 16:32. Golden hour opens at 16:47 and the sun is down by 17:15, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 268° on the compass today. That bearing moves through the year, so a composition that works this week may not in three months.

Do not pack up at sunset. Blue hour follows from 17:27 and runs to 17:35, the end of civil twilight and 20m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Recife — times, duration and the best months Morning and evening windows, the next seven days, and how much golden light each month gives you.

Common questions

What time is sunset in Recife today?

The sun sets in Recife at 17:15 today, Saturday 26 September 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Recife?

It takes 20m. Civil twilight ends at 17:35 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Recife?

Evening golden hour runs 16:47 to 17:27 today, lasting 40m. Full golden hour times for Recife covers the morning window and the coming week.