Look up the exact time darkness falls in Manila 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 05:48 PM in Manila
Sunrise
05:52 AM
Sunset
05:26 PM
Gets Dark
05:48 PM
Day Length
11h 34m
Manila is losing 40s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on November 19 at 5:46 PM and latest on July 6 at 6:53 PM, a swing of 1 h 7 min across the year.
The longest day brings 13 h of daylight and the shortest just 11 h 16 min.
Close to the equator the sun drops almost straight down, so twilight in Manila is brief all year: about 21 min from sunset to darkness.
In Manila, on 80 days it is dark before 6 pm.
Manila sits close to the middle of its time zone, so the sun is highest within 6 min of noon on standard time.
Manila lies 1,622 km (1,008 miles) north of the equator at 14.59°N.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in Manila, 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.
Manila is located at latitude 14.59° and longitude 120.98°. 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 Manila, 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 Manila's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight Manila is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.