Surprise, Arizona Sunset Time Today

Sunrise time in Surprise

The sun rises in Surprise at 6:17 AM today and at 6:18 AM tomorrow (1 minute later than today).

First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins at 5:53 AM.

For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light until the sun climbs 6° — runs from 6:17 AM to 6:51 AM.

Surprise daylight month by month

The 1st of each month in 2026, in local time.

Surprise’s longest and shortest days

From 14h 24m of daylight on June 21, 2026 to 9h 55m on December 21, 2026.

How fast Surprise gains and loses daylight

Daily rate at mid-month; net change across the month.

Surprise golden hour & blue hour by season

The same altitude-based windows as today’s card, at each solstice and equinox.

Daylight saving time in Surprise

Surprise does not observe daylight saving time — its clocks stay on UTC−7 year round, so sunrise and sunset never jump an hour in spring or fall.

Why sunset time shifts in Surprise

Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.

In Surprise, the longest day carries about 14h 24m of daylight and the shortest just 9h 55m — a swing of roughly 4h 29m between the June and December solstices. The farther a place sits from the equator, the wider that gap; the pace also isn’t steady, moving fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the solstices. Every figure here is computed from the sun’s position for Surprise’s exact coordinates, in local time.