Look up the exact time darkness falls in Metro 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 Metro Manila
Sunrise
05:52 AM
Sunset
05:26 PM
Gets Dark
05:48 PM
Day Length
11h 34m
Metro Manila is losing 40s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on November 19 at 5:46 PM and latest on July 7 at 6:52 PM, a swing of 1 h 6 min across the year.
The longest day brings 12 h 59 min of daylight and the shortest just 11 h 16 min.
Close to the equator the sun drops almost straight down, so twilight in Metro Manila is brief all year: about 21 min from sunset to darkness.
In Metro Manila, on 80 days it is dark before 6 pm.
Metro Manila sits close to the middle of its time zone, so the sun is highest within 6 min of noon on standard time.
Metro Manila lies 1,621 km (1,007 miles) north of the equator at 14.57°N.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in Metro 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.
Metro Manila is located at latitude 14.57° and longitude 121.03°. 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 Metro 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 Metro Manila's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight Metro Manila is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.