Look up the exact time darkness falls in Grande Prairie, Alberta for any date of the year. Sunset times, civil dusk, full twilight schedule, and daylight changes.
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Today — Wednesday, November 4, 2026
It gets dark at 06:49 PM in Grande Prairie
Sunrise
09:06 AM
Sunset
06:10 PM
Gets Dark
06:49 PM
Day Length
9h 4m
Grande Prairie is losing 4m 4s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on January 1 at 5:22 PM and latest on June 23 at 11:38 PM, a swing of 6 h 16 min across the year.
The longest day brings 17 h 25 min of daylight and the shortest just 7 h 8 min.
After sunset, twilight lasts about 36 min at the March equinox and stretches to 59 min in midsummer. Near the equator it is only about 21 min year-round.
In Grande Prairie, on 168 evenings it stays light until after 9 pm, while on 25 days it is dark before 6 pm.
Grande Prairie sits toward the western side of its time zone, so the sun runs about 1 h 53 min behind the clock. That pushes sunsets later than in towns further east.
Grande Prairie lies 6,135 km (3,812 miles) north of the equator at 55.17°N. That is almost the same latitude as Moscow, so both see a similar yearly rhythm of daylight.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada 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.
Grande Prairie is located at latitude 55.17° and longitude -118.79°. 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 Grande Prairie, 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 Grande Prairie's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight Grande Prairie is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.