Helena, Montana Sunset Time Today

Sunrise time in Helena

The sun rises in Helena at 7:13 AM today and at 7:15 AM tomorrow (2 minutes later than today).

First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins at 6:44 AM.

For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light until the sun climbs 6° — runs from 7:13 AM to 7:54 AM.

Helena daylight month by month

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

Helena’s longest and shortest days

From 15h 50m of daylight on June 21, 2026 to 8h 34m on December 21, 2026.

How fast Helena gains and loses daylight

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

Helena golden hour & blue hour by season

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

Daylight saving time in Helena

Clocks move an hour; the daylight doesn’t change.

Why sunset time shifts in Helena

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

In Helena, the longest day carries about 15h 50m of daylight and the shortest just 8h 34m — a swing of roughly 7h 17m 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 Helena’s exact coordinates, in local time.