Sunrise and sunset times in Cancún
EditCheck out today's and tomorrow's sunrise and sunset times in Cancún, as well as the whole calendar for October 2026.
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Today
October 15, 2026. Current time: 2:32:44 am
Night ends at 5:29 am5:28:56 am
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.·Dawn at 6:21 am6:20:36 am
Dawn, first light: the start of civil twilight. The Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:42:59 amWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Sunset time: 6:22:54 pmWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Dusk at 6:45 pm6:45:17 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:37 pm7:36:56 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Sun position chart
Now · Sun altitude: -58.57° (below the horizon) · Azimuth: 70.9° (E)
Daylight Golden Hour Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night
Day length: 11 hours, 39 minutes
4 hours, 10 minutes left until today's sunrise in Cancún
Moonrise: 11:12 am
Moonset: 9:59 pmMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (20%)🌕 Full moon: Oct 25 at 11:11 pm · 🌑 New moon: Nov 9 at 2:02 amTomorrow
October 16, 2026
Night ends at 5:29 am5:29:15 am
Start of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky begins to brighten, too faintly to notice in a city.·Dawn at 6:21 am6:20:57 am
Dawn, first light: the start of civil twilight. The Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.
Sunrise time: 6:43:21 amWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley).
Sunset time: 6:22:07 pmWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley).
Dusk at 6:45 pm6:44:31 pm
Dusk, when it gets dark: the end of civil twilight. The Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.·Night at 7:36 pm7:36:12 pm
End of astronomical twilight: the Sun is 18° below the horizon and the sky is dark enough to see the faintest stars. In a city it looks dark sooner.
Day length: 11 hours, 38 minutes
Tomorrow will be 1 minute shorter than today in Cancún
Moonrise: 12:03 pm Moonset: 10:51 pmMoon phase: 🌒 Waxing Crescent (36%)
- Cancún, Quintana Roo
- Latitude: 21.17429 (North)
- Longitude: -86.846558 (West)
- Time zone: Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−5)
Shortest day in Cancún, Quintana Roo
The shortest day of the year will be in 2 months and 6 days, during the winter solstice on December 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 10 hours, 50 minutes.Longest day in Cancún, Quintana Roo
The longest day of the year was around 3 months ago, during the summer solstice on June 21, 2026, with a daylight length of 13 hours, 25 minutes.
October 2026 - Cancún, Quintana Roo - Sunrise and sunset calendar
Sunrise and sunset times, civil twilight start and end times as well as solar noon, and day length for every day of October in Cancún.
All times are in Cancún's time: Eastern Standard Time (EST, UTC−5).
The day length shortens by 34 minutes over the course of October 2026 in Cancún, Quintana Roo - from 11 hours, 56 minutes on the first day to 11 hours, 22 minutes on the last day.
| Day | First LightStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light. | SunriseWhen the top edge of the Sun appears over a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun appears a few minutes later (or more in a valley). | SunsetWhen the top edge of the Sun disappears below a flat, clear horizon. Behind hills, mountains or buildings the Sun disappears a few minutes earlier (or more in a valley). | Last LightEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors. | Day Length | Day Length Variation | Solar NoonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky. | Max Sun Altitude | Nautical Twilight Start | Nautical Twilight End | Astronomical Twilight Start | Astronomical Twilight End | Night LengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise. | Moon phase | Solar Midnight | Sun DeclinationThe latitude where the Sun is directly overhead at solar noon (the Sun's declination). It moves between the two tropics through the year. |
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| Thu, Oct 1 | Twilight startStart of civil twilight: the Sun is 6° below the horizon, and there is enough light to be outdoors without artificial light.6:16:25 am | 6:38:36 am | 6:35:04 pm | Twilight endEnd of civil twilight: the Sun reaches 6° below the horizon, and from then on artificial light is needed outdoors.6:57:14 pm | 11h 56m 28s | -1m 12s | Solar noonTime of day when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.12:36:59 pm | 65.43° | 5:50:40 am | 7:22:58 pm | 5:24:54 am | 7:48:42 pm | Night lengthCalculated from this day's sunset to the next day's sunrise.12h 3m 49s | 🌖 (65%)Waning Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:37:09 am | 3.4° S |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 6:16:41 am | 6:38:53 am | 6:34:09 pm | 6:56:20 pm | 11h 55m 16s | -1m 12s | 12:36:40 pm | 65.04° | 5:50:56 am | 7:22:03 pm | 5:25:11 am | 7:47:47 pm | 12h 5m 1s | 🌖 (54%)Waning Gibbous: 54% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:36:50 am | 3.8° S |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 6:16:58 am | 6:39:10 am | 6:33:14 pm | 6:55:25 pm | 11h 54m 4s | -1m 12s | 12:36:21 pm | 64.66° | 5:51:13 am | 7:21:09 pm | 5:25:28 am | 7:46:53 pm | 12h 6m 13s | 🌗 (43%) Last quarter at 8:25 amLast quarter at 8:25 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 43% illuminated |
12:36:31 am | 4.2° S |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 6:17:14 am | 6:39:27 am | 6:32:20 pm | 6:54:31 pm | 11h 52m 53s | -1m 12s | 12:36:02 pm | 64.27° | 5:51:29 am | 7:20:15 pm | 5:25:44 am | 7:45:59 pm | 12h 7m 25s | 🌘 (32%)Waning Crescent: 32% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:36:11 am | 4.6° S |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 6:17:31 am | 6:39:45 am | 6:31:26 pm | 6:53:38 pm | 11h 51m 41s | -1m 12s | 12:35:44 pm | 63.89° | 5:51:46 am | 7:19:22 pm | 5:26:01 am | 7:45:06 pm | 12h 8m 36s | 🌘 (22%)Waning Crescent: 22% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:53 am | 4.9° S |
| Tue, Oct 6 | 6:17:48 am | 6:40:02 am | 6:30:32 pm | 6:52:45 pm | 11h 50m 30s | -1m 11s | 12:35:26 pm | 63.50° | 5:52:03 am | 7:18:30 pm | 5:26:18 am | 7:44:13 pm | 12h 9m 49s | 🌘 (13%)Waning Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:35 am | 5.3° S |
| Wed, Oct 7 | 6:18:06 am | 6:40:21 am | 6:29:39 pm | 6:51:53 pm | 11h 49m 18s | -1m 11s | 12:35:09 pm | 63.12° | 5:52:20 am | 7:17:38 pm | 5:26:35 am | 7:43:22 pm | 12h 11m 0s | 🌘 (7%)Waning Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:18 am | 5.7° S |
| Thu, Oct 8 | 6:18:24 am | 6:40:39 am | 6:28:46 pm | 6:51:01 pm | 11h 48m 7s | -1m 11s | 12:34:52 pm | 62.74° | 5:52:37 am | 7:16:47 pm | 5:26:52 am | 7:42:31 pm | 12h 12m 12s | 🌘 (2%)Waning Crescent: 2% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:35:01 am | 6.1° S |
| Fri, Oct 9 | 6:18:42 am | 6:40:58 am | 6:27:54 pm | 6:50:10 pm | 11h 46m 56s | -1m 11s | 12:34:35 pm | 62.36° | 5:52:54 am | 7:15:57 pm | 5:27:09 am | 7:41:41 pm | 12h 13m 23s | 🌘 (0.3%)Waning Crescent: 0.3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:43 am | 6.5° S |
| Sat, Oct 10 | 6:19:00 am | 6:41:17 am | 6:27:03 pm | 6:49:20 pm | 11h 45m 46s | -1m 11s | 12:34:19 pm | 61.98° | 5:53:12 am | 7:15:07 pm | 5:27:27 am | 7:40:51 pm | 12h 14m 34s | 🌑 (0.5%) New moon at 10:50 amNew moon at 10:50 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 0.5% illuminated |
12:34:27 am | 6.8° S |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 6:19:19 am | 6:41:37 am | 6:26:12 pm | 6:48:30 pm | 11h 44m 35s | -1m 11s | 12:34:03 pm | 61.61° | 5:53:30 am | 7:14:18 pm | 5:27:44 am | 7:40:02 pm | 12h 15m 45s | 🌒 (3%)Waxing Crescent: 3% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:34:11 am | 7.2° S |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 6:19:38 am | 6:41:57 am | 6:25:22 pm | 6:47:40 pm | 11h 43m 25s | -1m 10s | 12:33:48 pm | 61.23° | 5:53:48 am | 7:13:29 pm | 5:28:02 am | 7:39:15 pm | 12h 16m 55s | 🌒 (7%)Waxing Crescent: 7% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:56 am | 7.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 6:19:57 am | 6:42:17 am | 6:24:32 pm | 6:46:52 pm | 11h 42m 15s | -1m 10s | 12:33:33 pm | 60.86° | 5:54:06 am | 7:12:42 pm | 5:28:20 am | 7:38:27 pm | 12h 18m 6s | 🌒 (13%)Waxing Crescent: 13% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:40 am | 8.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 6:20:16 am | 6:42:38 am | 6:23:43 pm | 6:46:04 pm | 11h 41m 5s | -1m 10s | 12:33:19 pm | 60.48° | 5:54:25 am | 7:11:55 pm | 5:28:38 am | 7:37:41 pm | 12h 19m 16s | 🌒 (20%)Waxing Crescent: 20% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:26 am | 8.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 6:20:36 am | 6:42:59 am | 6:22:54 pm | 6:45:17 pm | 11h 39m 55s | -1m 10s | 12:33:05 pm | 60.12° | 5:54:44 am | 7:11:09 pm | 5:28:56 am | 7:36:56 pm | 12h 20m 27s | 🌒 (28%)Waxing Crescent: 28% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:33:12 am | 8.7° S |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 6:20:57 am | 6:43:21 am | 6:22:07 pm | 6:44:31 pm | 11h 38m 46s | -1m 9s | 12:32:52 pm | 59.75° | 5:55:03 am | 7:10:24 pm | 5:29:15 am | 7:36:12 pm | 12h 21m 36s | 🌒 (36%)Waxing Crescent: 36% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:58 am | 9.1° S |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 6:21:18 am | 6:43:43 am | 6:21:20 pm | 6:43:45 pm | 11h 37m 37s | -1m 9s | 12:32:40 pm | 59.38° | 5:55:22 am | 7:09:40 pm | 5:29:33 am | 7:35:28 pm | 12h 22m 46s | 🌒 (46%)Waxing Crescent: 46% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:46 am | 9.4° S |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 6:21:39 am | 6:44:06 am | 6:20:33 pm | 6:43:00 pm | 11h 36m 27s | -1m 9s | 12:32:28 pm | 59.02° | 5:55:42 am | 7:08:56 pm | 5:29:52 am | 7:34:46 pm | 12h 23m 56s | 🌓 (55%) First quarter at 11:12 amFirst quarter at 11:12 am. At midnight, at the end of the day: 55% illuminated |
12:32:34 am | 9.8° S |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 6:22:00 am | 6:44:29 am | 6:19:48 pm | 6:42:16 pm | 11h 35m 19s | -1m 8s | 12:32:17 pm | 58.66° | 5:56:03 am | 7:08:14 pm | 5:30:12 am | 7:34:04 pm | 12h 25m 5s | 🌔 (65%)Waxing Gibbous: 65% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:23 am | 10.2° S |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 6:22:22 am | 6:44:53 am | 6:19:03 pm | 6:41:33 pm | 11h 34m 10s | -1m 8s | 12:32:06 pm | 58.30° | 5:56:23 am | 7:07:32 pm | 5:30:31 am | 7:33:24 pm | 12h 26m 14s | 🌔 (74%)Waxing Gibbous: 74% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:11 am | 10.5° S |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 6:22:45 am | 6:45:17 am | 6:18:20 pm | 6:40:51 pm | 11h 33m 3s | -1m 8s | 12:31:56 pm | 57.94° | 5:56:44 am | 7:06:52 pm | 5:30:51 am | 7:32:44 pm | 12h 27m 21s | 🌔 (82%)Waxing Gibbous: 82% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:32:01 am | 10.9° S |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 6:23:07 am | 6:45:41 am | 6:17:37 pm | 6:40:10 pm | 11h 31m 56s | -1m 7s | 12:31:47 pm | 57.59° | 5:57:05 am | 7:06:12 pm | 5:31:11 am | 7:32:06 pm | 12h 28m 29s | 🌔 (89%)Waxing Gibbous: 89% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:31:52 am | 11.2° S |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 6:23:31 am | 6:46:06 am | 6:16:55 pm | 6:39:30 pm | 11h 30m 49s | -1m 7s | 12:31:38 pm | 57.24° | 5:57:27 am | 7:05:33 pm | 5:31:32 am | 7:31:28 pm | 12h 29m 37s | 🌔 (95%)Waxing Gibbous: 95% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:31:42 am | 11.6° S |
| Sat, Oct 24 | 6:23:55 am | 6:46:32 am | 6:16:14 pm | 6:38:50 pm | 11h 29m 42s | -1m 7s | 12:31:31 pm | 56.89° | 5:57:49 am | 7:04:56 pm | 5:31:52 am | 7:30:52 pm | 12h 30m 44s | 🌔 (99%)Waxing Gibbous: 99% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:31:35 am | 11.9° S |
| Sun, Oct 25 | 6:24:19 am | 6:46:58 am | 6:15:33 pm | 6:38:12 pm | 11h 28m 35s | -1m 6s | 12:31:23 pm | 56.55° | 5:58:12 am | 7:04:19 pm | 5:32:14 am | 7:30:17 pm | 12h 31m 51s | 🌕 (99.8%) Full moon at 11:11 pmFull moon at 11:11 pm. At midnight, at the end of the day: 99.8% illuminated |
12:31:26 am | 12.3° S |
| Mon, Oct 26 | 6:24:43 am | 6:47:24 am | 6:14:54 pm | 6:37:35 pm | 11h 27m 30s | -1m 6s | 12:31:17 pm | 56.21° | 5:58:35 am | 7:03:43 pm | 5:32:35 am | 7:29:43 pm | 12h 32m 57s | 🌖 (98%)Waning Gibbous: 98% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:31:20 am | 12.6° S |
| Tue, Oct 27 | 6:25:09 am | 6:47:51 am | 6:14:16 pm | 6:36:58 pm | 11h 26m 25s | -1m 5s | 12:31:11 pm | 55.87° | 5:58:58 am | 7:03:09 pm | 5:32:57 am | 7:29:10 pm | 12h 34m 3s | 🌖 (94%)Waning Gibbous: 94% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:31:14 am | 13.0° S |
| Wed, Oct 28 | 6:25:34 am | 6:48:19 am | 6:13:39 pm | 6:36:23 pm | 11h 25m 20s | -1m 5s | 12:31:06 pm | 55.53° | 5:59:22 am | 7:02:36 pm | 5:33:19 am | 7:28:38 pm | 12h 35m 8s | 🌖 (87%)Waning Gibbous: 87% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:31:08 am | 13.3° S |
| Thu, Oct 29 | 6:26:00 am | 6:48:47 am | 6:13:02 pm | 6:35:49 pm | 11h 24m 15s | -1m 4s | 12:31:02 pm | 55.20° | 5:59:46 am | 7:02:03 pm | 5:33:42 am | 7:28:07 pm | 12h 36m 14s | 🌖 (79%)Waning Gibbous: 79% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:31:04 am | 13.6° S |
| Fri, Oct 30 | 6:26:27 am | 6:49:16 am | 6:12:27 pm | 6:35:16 pm | 11h 23m 11s | -1m 4s | 12:30:59 pm | 54.88° | 6:00:11 am | 7:01:32 pm | 5:34:05 am | 7:27:38 pm | 12h 37m 18s | 🌖 (68%)Waning Gibbous: 68% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:31:01 am | 14.0° S |
| Sat, Oct 31 | 6:26:54 am | 6:49:45 am | 6:11:53 pm | 6:34:44 pm | 11h 22m 8s | -1m 3s | 12:30:56 pm | 54.55° | 6:00:36 am | 7:01:02 pm | 5:34:29 am | 7:27:09 pm | 12h 38m 21s | 🌖 (57%)Waning Gibbous: 57% illuminated at midnight, at the end of the day | 12:30:57 am | 14.3° S |
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Year distribution of sunrise and sunset times in Cancún, Quintana Roo - 2026
The following graph shows sunrise and sunset times in Cancún, Quintana Roo for every day of the year.
Daylight Dawn & dusk (civil twilight) Night Solar noon
Earliest and latest sunrise and sunset in Cancún
In Cancún, the earliest sunrise of 2026 is on June 6 at 6:04 am, while the latest sunrise is on January 16 at 7:27 am. The earliest sunset is on November 25 at 6:04 pm, and the latest sunset is on July 3 at 7:33 pm.
Cancún gets 2h 34m more daylight on the longest day than on the shortest one (13h 25m versus 10h 50m). Averaged over the whole year, a day lasts 12h 08m.
Cancún Analemma
Due to Earth's tilted axis and slightly elliptical orbit, the Sun is never seen in the same position at noon in Cancún. Throughout the year, it slowly traces this figure-eight:
Move along the curve to read the Sun's altitude and azimuth for any day of the year in Cancún.
Over the year, the 12:00 Sun swings between just 44° above the horizon (around Dec 24) and 79.7° (around May 22) in Cancún. The smaller loop sits at the top, the signature of a Northern Hemisphere analemma. Notice the whole figure leans east of the meridian: over Cancún the Sun reaches its highest point between 12:30 and 13:01 depending on the time of year, but never at 12:00.
Detailed Analemma Chart
The technical chart below plots one dot per day, labels the first day of each month, marks the solstices, equinoxes, perihelion and aphelion, and draws the noon altitude of the equinoxes (90° minus your latitude) together with its ±23.4° seasonal limits.
Why does the figure look wider here than in the sky view above?
Both draw the same data, but with different conventions. The sky view uses the same scale on both axes, so it shows the analemma with its true proportions, as a camera would capture it: about 47° tall and only a few degrees wide. This chart, like most technical analemma diagrams, stretches each axis independently to fill the plot, expanding the narrow azimuth range several times so its day-to-day variation can actually be read. Also, azimuth is not sky distance: near the zenith, one degree of azimuth spans much less than one degree across the sky, which further widens the figure in this representation.
Places near Cancún, Quintana Roo
These nearby towns and cities have almost the same sunrise and sunset times as Cancún, Quintana Roo — the difference is only seconds to a couple of minutes. Select any place to see its own sun calendar:
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