When Does It Get Dark Today? Hong Kong & Any Location

Today in Hong Kong: dark at 18:04, fully dark at 18:58, sunset 17:41. For any place – with a 14-day table and the whole year.

Tonight in Hong Kong

  • Sunset is not darkness: after it come three twilights. Here is when it really gets dark – today and all year.
  • Sunset: 17:41
  • It gets dark (−6°): 18:04 – Street lights come on; reading outside without light is hardly possible.
  • Horizon disappears (−12°): 18:31 – Only bright stars and the outline of the landscape are left.
  • Fully dark (−18°): 18:58 – The faintest stars and the Milky Way appear.
  • And in the morning: First light (−18°) 05:16 · Horizon appears (−12°) 05:43 · It gets light (−6°) 06:10 · Sunrise 06:34

The next 14 days

  • Thu, Nov 12: Sunset 17:41 · Dark 18:04 · Fully dark 18:58
  • Fri, Nov 13: Sunset 17:40 · Dark 18:04 · Fully dark 18:57
  • Sat, Nov 14: Sunset 17:40 · Dark 18:03 · Fully dark 18:57
  • Sun, Nov 15: Sunset 17:40 · Dark 18:03 · Fully dark 18:57
  • Mon, Nov 16: Sunset 17:39 · Dark 18:03 · Fully dark 18:57
  • Tue, Nov 17: Sunset 17:39 · Dark 18:03 · Fully dark 18:57
  • Wed, Nov 18: Sunset 17:39 · Dark 18:02 · Fully dark 18:57
  • Thu, Nov 19: Sunset 17:39 · Dark 18:02 · Fully dark 18:56
  • Fri, Nov 20: Sunset 17:38 · Dark 18:02 · Fully dark 18:56
  • Sat, Nov 21: Sunset 17:38 · Dark 18:02 · Fully dark 18:56
  • Sun, Nov 22: Sunset 17:38 · Dark 18:02 · Fully dark 18:56
  • Mon, Nov 23: Sunset 17:38 · Dark 18:02 · Fully dark 18:56
  • Tue, Nov 24: Sunset 17:38 · Dark 18:02 · Fully dark 18:56
  • Wed, Nov 25: Sunset 17:38 · Dark 18:02 · Fully dark 18:56

Dusk through the year in Hong Kong

  • Earliest dark: November 19, 18:02
  • Latest dark: June 26, 19:36
  • When does it get dark in Hong Kong today? The sun sets at 17:41. It is dark – too dark to read outside without light – from 18:04, and fully dark from 18:58.
  • What is the difference between sunset and darkness? After sunset come three stages of twilight: civil down to 6° below the horizon, nautical to 12°, astronomical to 18°. In Hong Kong it takes 23 minutes today from sunset until it is dark.
  • When does it get dark earliest in Hong Kong? It gets dark earliest around November 19, at 18:02, and latest around June 26, at 19:36.
  • Why does it get fully dark later in the north? The closer to the polar circle, the flatter the sun sinks below the horizon, so twilight lasts longer. Around the summer solstice the sun no longer gets 18° below the horizon north of about 48.5° – then it does not get fully dark at all.