Sunset Tracker

Sunset and sunrise times in Tainan, Taiwan

In Tainan, Taiwan the sun sets today, Saturday 26 September, at 17:51 and rises at 05:48. Daylight lasts 12h 3m; evening golden hour runs from 17:22 to 18:05.

Today, Saturday 26 September

First light
05:26
Sunrise
05:48
Solar noon
11:50
Sunset
17:51
Last light
18:14
Day length
12h 3m

17h 49m until sunset

Light and sky

Evening golden hour
17:22 – 18:05
Blue hour
18:05 – 18:14
Max sun altitude
65.8°
Moon
🌔 Waxing gibbous
Moonrise / moonset
17:24 / 05:05

The sun sets at 269° — face west

Tomorrow, Sunday 27 September

Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:50 Golden hour 17:21 – 18:04 Day length 12h 1m vs today 1 minute shorter

Where Tainan is

Coordinates
22.9908° N, 120.2133° E
Time zone
Asia/Taipei
Current offset
UTC+08:00
Elevation
26 m
Population
1,856,642

Sunrise and sunset in Tainan, 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 05:18 05:41 11:59 18:16 18:39 12h 35m −1:16 17:46–18:30 🌖 83%
Wed 2 05:18 05:41 11:58 18:16 18:38 12h 34m −1:16 17:46–18:29 🌖 74%
Thu 3 05:19 05:41 11:58 18:15 18:37 12h 33m −1:16 17:45–18:28 🌖 63%
Fri 4 05:19 05:42 11:58 18:14 18:36 12h 31m −1:17 17:44–18:27 🌗 52%
Sat 5 05:19 05:42 11:57 18:13 18:35 12h 30m −1:17 17:43–18:27 🌘 40%
Sun 6 05:20 05:42 11:57 18:12 18:34 12h 29m −1:17 17:42–18:26 🌘 29%
Mon 7 05:20 05:43 11:57 18:11 18:33 12h 28m −1:17 17:41–18:25 🌘 19%
Tue 8 05:20 05:43 11:56 18:10 18:32 12h 26m −1:18 17:40–18:24 🌘 11%
Wed 9 05:21 05:43 11:56 18:09 18:31 12h 25m −1:18 17:39–18:23 🌘 5%
Thu 10 05:21 05:44 11:56 18:08 18:30 12h 24m −1:18 17:38–18:21 🌘 1%
Fri 11 05:21 05:44 11:55 18:07 18:29 12h 22m −1:18 17:37–18:20 🌑 0%
Sat 12 05:22 05:44 11:55 18:06 18:28 12h 21m −1:18 17:36–18:19 🌒 2%
Sun 13 05:22 05:44 11:55 18:05 18:27 12h 20m −1:18 17:35–18:18 🌒 5%
Mon 14 05:22 05:45 11:54 18:04 18:26 12h 18m −1:19 17:34–18:17 🌒 11%
Tue 15 05:23 05:45 11:54 18:03 18:25 12h 17m −1:19 17:33–18:16 🌒 18%
Wed 16 05:23 05:45 11:54 18:02 18:24 12h 16m −1:19 17:32–18:15 🌒 26%
Thu 17 05:23 05:46 11:53 18:01 18:23 12h 14m −1:19 17:31–18:14 🌒 34%
Fri 18 05:23 05:46 11:53 18:00 18:22 12h 13m −1:19 17:30–18:13 🌒 44%
Sat 19 05:24 05:46 11:53 17:59 18:21 12h 12m −1:19 17:29–18:12 🌓 53%
Sun 20 05:24 05:47 11:52 17:58 18:20 12h 11m −1:19 17:28–18:11 🌔 62%
Mon 21 05:24 05:47 11:52 17:57 18:19 12h 9m −1:19 17:27–18:10 🌔 71%
Tue 22 05:25 05:47 11:52 17:56 18:18 12h 8m −1:19 17:26–18:09 🌔 79%
Wed 23 05:25 05:47 11:51 17:55 18:17 12h 7m −1:19 17:25–18:08 🌔 87%
Thu 24 05:25 05:48 11:51 17:54 18:16 12h 5m −1:19 17:24–18:07 🌔 93%
Fri 25 05:26 05:48 11:50 17:52 18:15 12h 4m −1:19 17:23–18:06 🌔 97%
Sat 26 05:26 05:48 11:50 17:51 18:14 12h 3m −1:19 17:22–18:05 🌔 100%
Sun 27 05:26 05:49 11:50 17:50 18:13 12h 1m −1:19 17:21–18:04 🌕 100%
Mon 28 05:27 05:49 11:49 17:49 18:12 12h 0m −1:19 17:20–18:03 🌖 98%
Tue 29 05:27 05:49 11:49 17:48 18:11 11h 59m −1:19 17:19–18:02 🌖 93%
Wed 30 05:27 05:50 11:49 17:47 18:10 11h 57m −1:19 17:18–18:01 🌖 86%
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 04:24 04:51 05:41 18:16 19:06 19:33 11h 24m 75.3° 279° W
Wed 2 04:24 04:52 05:41 18:16 19:05 19:32 11h 25m 74.9° 279° W
Thu 3 04:25 04:52 05:41 18:15 19:04 19:31 11h 27m 74.6° 278° W
Fri 4 04:25 04:52 05:42 18:14 19:03 19:30 11h 28m 74.2° 278° W
Sat 5 04:26 04:53 05:42 18:13 19:02 19:29 11h 29m 73.8° 278° W
Sun 6 04:26 04:53 05:42 18:12 19:01 19:28 11h 31m 73.5° 277° W
Mon 7 04:27 04:53 05:43 18:11 19:00 19:27 11h 32m 73.1° 277° W
Tue 8 04:27 04:54 05:43 18:10 18:59 19:25 11h 33m 72.7° 276° W
Wed 9 04:27 04:54 05:43 18:09 18:58 19:24 11h 34m 72.3° 276° W
Thu 10 04:28 04:54 05:44 18:08 18:57 19:23 11h 36m 72.0° 276° W
Fri 11 04:28 04:55 05:44 18:07 18:56 19:22 11h 37m 71.6° 275° W
Sat 12 04:29 04:55 05:44 18:06 18:55 19:21 11h 38m 71.2° 275° W
Sun 13 04:29 04:56 05:44 18:05 18:54 19:20 11h 40m 70.8° 274° W
Mon 14 04:29 04:56 05:45 18:04 18:52 19:19 11h 41m 70.4° 274° W
Tue 15 04:30 04:56 05:45 18:03 18:51 19:18 11h 42m 70.0° 274° W
Wed 16 04:30 04:57 05:45 18:02 18:50 19:17 11h 44m 69.7° 273° W
Thu 17 04:30 04:57 05:46 18:01 18:49 19:16 11h 45m 69.3° 273° W
Fri 18 04:31 04:57 05:46 18:00 18:48 19:15 11h 46m 68.9° 272° W
Sat 19 04:31 04:58 05:46 17:59 18:47 19:14 11h 47m 68.5° 272° W
Sun 20 04:32 04:58 05:47 17:58 18:46 19:12 11h 49m 68.1° 271° W
Mon 21 04:32 04:58 05:47 17:57 18:45 19:11 11h 50m 67.7° 271° W
Tue 22 04:32 04:59 05:47 17:56 18:44 19:10 11h 51m 67.3° 271° W
Wed 23 04:33 04:59 05:47 17:55 18:43 19:09 11h 53m 66.9° 270° W
Thu 24 04:33 04:59 05:48 17:54 18:42 19:08 11h 54m 66.6° 270° W
Fri 25 04:33 05:00 05:48 17:52 18:41 19:07 11h 55m 66.2° 269° W
Sat 26 04:34 05:00 05:48 17:51 18:40 19:06 11h 57m 65.8° 269° W
Sun 27 04:34 05:00 05:49 17:50 18:39 19:05 11h 58m 65.4° 268° W
Mon 28 04:34 05:00 05:49 17:49 18:38 19:04 11h 59m 65.0° 268° W
Tue 29 04:35 05:01 05:49 17:48 18:37 19:03 12h 1m 64.6° 268° W
Wed 30 04:35 05:01 05:50 17:47 18:36 19:02 12h 2m 64.2° 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 05:28 05:50 11:48 17:47 18:09 11h 56m −1:19 17:17–18:00 🌖 77%
Fri 2 05:28 05:50 11:48 17:46 18:08 11h 55m −1:19 17:16–17:59 🌖 67%
Sat 3 05:28 05:51 11:48 17:45 18:07 11h 53m −1:19 17:15–17:58 🌗 55%
Sun 4 05:29 05:51 11:47 17:44 18:06 11h 52m −1:19 17:14–17:57 🌘 44%
Mon 5 05:29 05:51 11:47 17:43 18:05 11h 51m −1:19 17:13–17:56 🌘 32%
Tue 6 05:29 05:52 11:47 17:42 18:04 11h 49m −1:19 17:12–17:55 🌘 22%
Wed 7 05:30 05:52 11:47 17:41 18:03 11h 48m −1:18 17:11–17:55 🌘 13%
Thu 8 05:30 05:52 11:46 17:40 18:02 11h 47m −1:18 17:10–17:54 🌘 7%
Fri 9 05:30 05:53 11:46 17:39 18:01 11h 46m −1:18 17:09–17:53 🌘 2%
Sat 10 05:31 05:53 11:46 17:38 18:00 11h 44m −1:18 17:08–17:52 🌘 0%
Sun 11 05:31 05:54 11:45 17:37 18:00 11h 43m −1:18 17:07–17:51 🌑 1%
Mon 12 05:31 05:54 11:45 17:36 17:59 11h 42m −1:18 17:06–17:50 🌒 3%
Tue 13 05:32 05:54 11:45 17:35 17:58 11h 40m −1:17 17:05–17:49 🌒 7%
Wed 14 05:32 05:55 11:45 17:34 17:57 11h 39m −1:17 17:04–17:48 🌒 13%
Thu 15 05:33 05:55 11:44 17:33 17:56 11h 38m −1:17 17:03–17:47 🌒 20%
Fri 16 05:33 05:56 11:44 17:33 17:55 11h 36m −1:17 17:02–17:47 🌒 28%
Sat 17 05:33 05:56 11:44 17:32 17:54 11h 35m −1:16 17:01–17:46 🌒 36%
Sun 18 05:34 05:56 11:44 17:31 17:54 11h 34m −1:16 17:01–17:45 🌓 45%
Mon 19 05:34 05:57 11:44 17:30 17:53 11h 33m −1:16 17:00–17:44 🌔 55%
Tue 20 05:35 05:57 11:43 17:29 17:52 11h 31m −1:15 16:59–17:43 🌔 64%
Wed 21 05:35 05:58 11:43 17:28 17:51 11h 30m −1:15 16:58–17:42 🌔 73%
Thu 22 05:35 05:58 11:43 17:28 17:51 11h 29m −1:15 16:57–17:42 🌔 82%
Fri 23 05:36 05:59 11:43 17:27 17:50 11h 28m −1:14 16:56–17:41 🌔 89%
Sat 24 05:36 05:59 11:43 17:26 17:49 11h 26m −1:14 16:56–17:40 🌔 95%
Sun 25 05:37 06:00 11:43 17:25 17:48 11h 25m −1:13 16:55–17:40 🌔 98%
Mon 26 05:37 06:00 11:43 17:25 17:48 11h 24m −1:13 16:54–17:39 🌕 100%
Tue 27 05:38 06:01 11:43 17:24 17:47 11h 23m −1:12 16:53–17:38 🌖 99%
Wed 28 05:38 06:01 11:42 17:23 17:46 11h 22m −1:12 16:53–17:37 🌖 95%
Thu 29 05:39 06:02 11:42 17:23 17:46 11h 20m −1:11 16:52–17:37 🌖 89%
Fri 30 05:39 06:02 11:42 17:22 17:45 11h 19m −1:11 16:51–17:36 🌖 81%
Sat 31 05:40 06:03 11:42 17:21 17:45 11h 18m −1:10 16:50–17:36 🌖 71%

Longest and shortest day in Tainan

The longest day falls on 21 June 2026, 3 months ago, with 13h 32m of daylight.

The shortest is 22 December 2026, in 3 months, with 10h 43m.

Between them the day length swings by 2h 49m.

Daylight through 2026

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Daylight Civil twilight Nautical Astronomical Night

The earliest sunset of the year is at 17:12 on 28 November; the latest is 18:48 on 4 July. Those dates are not the solstices — the difference between clock time and solar time shifts them by a week or more.

Sunrise ranges from 05:13 on 8 June to 06:42 on 15 January.

Averaged across the year, a day here holds 12h 8m of daylight.

What makes sunsets in Tainan different

Sunset here is followed by about 22 minutes of usable light before civil twilight ends — almost exactly the 24-minute median across the cities tracked here.

Summer and winter days differ by 2h 49m here, less seasonal variation than almost anywhere else in Taiwan we track.

Between solstices the sunset walks 51° across the horizon — WSW in midwinter, WNW in midsummer — which is why a fixed viewpoint works only part of the year. Today's bearing is W.

Across September the sunset moves 29 minutes earlier, averaging about 60 seconds a day.

Among 27 tracked Taiwan cities, sunset comes latest here, separated from Keelung by 6 minutes.

Twice a year the sun passes directly overhead here — on 10 June and 3 July — and vertical objects cast almost no shadow at solar noon.

Planning a sunset photo in Tainan

Arrive by 17:07. Golden hour opens at 17:22 and the sun is down by 17:51, so that leaves about fifteen minutes to find a position before the light is worth using.

Face west — the sun goes down at 269° 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 18:05 and runs to 18:14, the end of civil twilight and 22m after the sun disappears. That is the window where city lights balance against the sky.

Golden hour in Tainan — 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 Tainan today?

The sun sets in Tainan at 17:51 today, Saturday 26 September 2026.

How long after sunset does it get dark in Tainan?

It takes 22m. Civil twilight ends at 18:14 today, which is the point most people would call dark.

When is golden hour in Tainan?

Evening golden hour runs 17:22 to 18:05 today, lasting 43m. Full golden hour times for Tainan covers the morning window and the coming week.

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