Look up the exact time darkness falls in Sydney 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 07:52 PM in Sydney
Sunrise
05:52 AM
Sunset
07:25 PM
Gets Dark
07:52 PM
Day Length
13h 33m
Sydney is gaining 1m 50s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on June 11 at 5:20 PM and latest on January 5 at 8:38 PM, a swing of 3 h 18 min across the year.
The longest day brings 14 h 25 min of daylight and the shortest just 9 h 54 min. The earliest dusk comes about 10 days away from the shortest day, because Earth's oval orbit shifts solar noon through the year.
After sunset, twilight lasts about 25 min at the March equinox and stretches to 29 min in midsummer. Near the equator it is only about 21 min year-round.
In Sydney, on 137 days it is dark before 6 pm.
Sydney sits close to the middle of its time zone, so the sun is highest within 3 min of noon on standard time.
Sydney lies 3,766 km (2,340 miles) south of the equator at 33.87°S.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in Sydney, Australia 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.
Sydney is located at latitude -33.87° and longitude 151.21°. 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 Sydney, 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 Sydney's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight Sydney is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.