When Does It Get Dark in Queenstown? Dusk Today & Table

Today it gets dark in Queenstown at 20:30 and fully dark at 21:43 – sunset 20:00. All twilight phases, the next 14 days and the whole year.

Tonight in Queenstown

  • Sunset is not darkness: after it come three twilights. Here is when it really gets dark – today and all year.
  • Sunset: 20:00
  • It gets dark (−6°): 20:30 – Street lights come on; reading outside without light is hardly possible.
  • Horizon disappears (−12°): 21:05 – Only bright stars and the outline of the landscape are left.
  • Fully dark (−18°): 21:43 – The faintest stars and the Milky Way appear.
  • And in the morning: First light (−18°) 05:22 · Horizon appears (−12°) 05:59 · It gets light (−6°) 06:35 · Sunrise 07:05

Clock change on April 4, 2027

  • The change makes it get dark an hour earlier in Queenstown overnight: at 20:01 on the day before, at 18:59 on the day of the change.

The next 14 days

  • Wed, Oct 7: Sunset 20:00 · Dark 20:30 · Fully dark 21:43
  • Thu, Oct 8: Sunset 20:01 · Dark 20:31 · Fully dark 21:44
  • Fri, Oct 9: Sunset 20:02 · Dark 20:32 · Fully dark 21:46
  • Sat, Oct 10: Sunset 20:04 · Dark 20:34 · Fully dark 21:48
  • Sun, Oct 11: Sunset 20:05 · Dark 20:35 · Fully dark 21:49
  • Mon, Oct 12: Sunset 20:06 · Dark 20:36 · Fully dark 21:51
  • Tue, Oct 13: Sunset 20:07 · Dark 20:38 · Fully dark 21:53
  • Wed, Oct 14: Sunset 20:09 · Dark 20:39 · Fully dark 21:54
  • Thu, Oct 15: Sunset 20:10 · Dark 20:41 · Fully dark 21:56
  • Fri, Oct 16: Sunset 20:11 · Dark 20:42 · Fully dark 21:58
  • Sat, Oct 17: Sunset 20:13 · Dark 20:43 · Fully dark 22:00
  • Sun, Oct 18: Sunset 20:14 · Dark 20:45 · Fully dark 22:02
  • Mon, Oct 19: Sunset 20:15 · Dark 20:46 · Fully dark 22:03
  • Tue, Oct 20: Sunset 20:17 · Dark 20:48 · Fully dark 22:05

Dusk through the year in Queenstown

  • Earliest dark: June 8, 17:43
  • Latest dark: January 1, 22:12
  • When does it get dark in Queenstown today? The sun sets at 20:00. It is dark – too dark to read outside without light – from 20:30, and fully dark from 21:43.
  • 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 Queenstown it takes 30 minutes today from sunset until it is dark.
  • When does it get dark earliest in Queenstown? It gets dark earliest around June 8, at 17:43, and latest around January 1, at 22:12.
  • 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.