Look up the exact time darkness falls in General Santos for any date of the year. Sunset times, civil dusk, full twilight schedule, and daylight changes.
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Today — Thursday, November 5, 2026
It gets dark at 05:41 PM in General Santos
Sunrise
05:26 AM
Sunset
05:19 PM
Gets Dark
05:41 PM
Day Length
11h 54m
General Santos is losing 16s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on November 9 at 5:40 PM and latest on July 14 at 6:21 PM, a swing of 40 min across the year.
The longest day brings 12 h 29 min of daylight and the shortest just 11 h 46 min.
Close to the equator the sun drops almost straight down, so twilight in General Santos is brief all year: about 21 min from sunset to darkness.
In General Santos, on 110 days it is dark before 6 pm.
General Santos sits toward the eastern side of its time zone, so the sun runs about 23 min ahead of the clock. That brings sunsets earlier than in towns further west.
General Santos lies 677 km (421 miles) north of the equator at 6.09°N.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in General Santos, Philippines for any day of the year. The interactive tool above lets you pick any date to see the precise sunset time, civil dusk (when true darkness begins), and the full twilight schedule including nautical and astronomical dawn and dusk.
General Santos is located at latitude 6.09° and longitude 125.16°. The time darkness falls changes throughout the year based on Earth's axial tilt — earlier in winter, later in summer. Use the date picker above to check any date.
Whether you're planning trick-or-treating for Halloween, a fireworks display, an outdoor wedding, or an evening event in General Santos, knowing the exact time darkness falls is essential. This tool calculates civil dusk — when the sun drops 6 degrees below the horizon — for any date at General Santos's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight General Santos is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.