Look up the exact time darkness falls in Lima, Lima 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 06:30 PM in Lima
Sunrise
05:34 AM
Sunset
06:08 PM
Gets Dark
06:30 PM
Day Length
12h 34m
Lima is gaining 35s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on May 27 at 6:12 PM and latest on January 21 at 7:03 PM, a swing of 51 min across the year.
The longest day brings 12 h 50 min of daylight and the shortest just 11 h 25 min.
Close to the equator the sun drops almost straight down, so twilight in Lima is brief all year: about 21 min from sunset to darkness.
Lima sits close to the middle of its time zone, so the sun is highest within 6 min of noon on standard time.
Lima lies 1,340 km (833 miles) south of the equator at 12.05°S.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in Lima, Lima, Peru 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.
Lima is located at latitude -12.05° and longitude -77.03°. 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 Lima, 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 Lima's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight Lima is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.