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Daylight hours in Atlanta

Atlanta gets 14h 24m of daylight on its longest day, around June 21, and 9h 54m on its shortest, around December 21: a swing of 4h 30m across the year. Its summer is in June.

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Sunrise and sunset through the year

Sunrise and sunset in Atlanta through 2026Local sunrise and sunset times for each day of 2026. Daylight is longest on June 21 (14h 24m) and shortest on December 21 (9h 54m).00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Local time, including daylight saving time where Atlanta observes it, which is why the lines can jump by an hour. The shaded band is daylight. 2026 dates.

Key days

Longest day14h 24mJune 21 · 06:28–20:52
Shortest day9h 54mDecember 21 · 07:39–17:34
March equinox12h 07mMarch 20 · 07:42–19:49
Fastest change+2.1 min/dayaround March 19

Daylight by month

Sunrise, sunset and day length in Atlanta on the first of each month, 2026
DateSunriseSunsetDaylight
January 107:4317:409h 57m
February 107:3518:0910h 34m
March 107:0718:3511h 27m
April 107:2619:5812h 33m
May 106:5020:2113h 32m
June 106:2920:4414h 15m
July 106:3120:5314h 22m
August 106:5020:3913h 49m
September 107:1220:0512h 53m
October 107:3319:2311h 51m
November 106:5717:4610h 49m
December 107:2517:3010h 05m

Cities with similar daylight

These cities sit within 3° of Atlanta’s latitude in the same hemisphere, so their days grow and shrink almost in step:

Its mirror images are across the equator at a similar distance from it. Their longest days come when Atlanta’s are shortest:

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