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Run before dark: sunset and last light by city

Pick your city or use your location, choose how long you will be out, and see sunset, last light and the latest time to start so you finish before dark. Handy every fall when the clocks go back and evening runs suddenly end in the dark.

"Start by" is the latest start to finish a 45-minute outing by sunset. Your location never leaves this page.

Sunset times by city

Month-by-month sunset, last light and latest start times for 99 US cities.

Alabama: Birmingham

Alaska: Anchorage

Arizona: Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff

Arkansas: Little Rock

California: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Bakersfield, Santa Barbara

Colorado: Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder

Connecticut: Hartford

Delaware: Wilmington

District of Columbia: Washington

Florida: Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Tallahassee

Georgia: Atlanta, Savannah

Hawaii: Honolulu

Idaho: Boise

Illinois: Chicago

Indiana: Indianapolis, Fort Wayne

Iowa: Des Moines

Kansas: Wichita

Kentucky: Louisville, Lexington

Louisiana: New Orleans

Maine: Portland

Maryland: Baltimore

Massachusetts: Boston

Michigan: Detroit, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor

Minnesota: Minneapolis, Duluth

Mississippi: Jackson

Missouri: Kansas City, St. Louis

Montana: Missoula, Bozeman

Nebraska: Omaha, Lincoln

Nevada: Las Vegas, Reno

New Hampshire: Manchester

New Mexico: Albuquerque, Santa Fe

New York: New York, Buffalo

North Carolina: Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Asheville

North Dakota: Fargo

Ohio: Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City, Tulsa

Oregon: Portland, Bend

Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh

Rhode Island: Providence

South Carolina: Charleston, Columbia, Greenville

South Dakota: Sioux Falls

Tennessee: Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga, Knoxville

Texas: Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, El Paso, Corpus Christi

Utah: Salt Lake City

Vermont: Burlington

Virginia: Virginia Beach, Richmond

Washington: Seattle, Spokane

West Virginia: Charleston

Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Madison

Wyoming: Cheyenne

Sunset, last light and dark: what the words mean

Sunset is when the top of the sun drops below the horizon. Last light here means the end of civil twilight, roughly 20 to 40 minutes later in most of the US, when it gets too dark to see obstacles or be seen by drivers without lights. Trees, hills and tall buildings bring the dark sooner, so plan to finish by sunset and treat last light as your margin, not your target.

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