Look up the exact time darkness falls in Vancouver, British Columbia 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 06:19 PM in Vancouver
Sunrise
08:05 AM
Sunset
05:45 PM
Gets Dark
06:19 PM
Day Length
9h 40m
Vancouver is losing 3m 11s of daylight per day
Darkness arrives earliest on January 1 at 5:02 PM and latest on June 24 at 10:05 PM, a swing of 5 h 3 min across the year.
The longest day brings 16 h 15 min of daylight and the shortest just 8 h 11 min.
After sunset, twilight lasts about 32 min at the March equinox and stretches to 43 min in midsummer. Near the equator it is only about 21 min year-round.
In Vancouver, on 111 evenings it stays light until after 9 pm, while on 81 days it is dark before 6 pm.
Vancouver sits toward the western side of its time zone, so the sun runs about 1 h 11 min behind the clock. That pushes sunsets later than in towns further east.
Vancouver lies 5,478 km (3,404 miles) north of the equator at 49.26°N. That is almost the same latitude as Paris, so both see a similar yearly rhythm of daylight.
This page shows exactly when it gets dark in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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.
Vancouver is located at latitude 49.26° and longitude -123.11°. 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 Vancouver, 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 Vancouver's exact coordinates.
The site also shows the daily daylight delta — how much daylight Vancouver is gaining or losing each day — and a year-long daylight curve showing how day length rises and falls across all 365 days.