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Will the sunset be good tonight in Hong Kong?

Sunset and sunrise times, golden hour and the sky score for Hong Kong, HK.

Sunset in Hong Kong today
6:17 PM
Golden hour runs about 22 minutes after that. Local time, Asia/Hong Kong.
Sunrise in Hong Kong today
6:12 AM
Morning golden light starts before it, while the sun is still just below the horizon.

See tonight's live sunset score for Hong Kong → Next sunrise score →

Whether it will actually be a good one

A sunset time tells you when to look. It does not tell you whether there will be anything to see. That comes down to cloud height. High cloud catches the light from underneath after the sun has dropped below the horizon, and that is what turns the sky red and gold. Low cloud sits on the horizon like a wall and blocks the whole thing. A completely clear sky gives you a plain orange dot and very little colour.

Golden Hour scores Hong Kong from 0 to 10 every day on exactly that — the proportion of high versus low cloud at Hong Kong's own sunset hour (and, for sunrise, its own sunrise hour), not some national average. Check tonight's score.

Sunrise and sunset times in Hong Kong through the year

Mid-month sunrise and sunset times for 2026, in local time. A mid latitude, so sunset time moves by a couple of hours across the year and golden hour lasts a useful while.

MonthSunriseSunsetGolden hour
January7:05 AM6:00 PM24 min
February6:55 AM6:20 PM23 min
March6:32 AM6:32 PM22 min
April6:04 AM6:43 PM23 min
May5:43 AM6:55 PM24 min
June5:38 AM7:08 PM25 min
July5:47 AM7:10 PM25 min
August6:00 AM6:55 PM23 min
September6:09 AM6:27 PM22 min
October6:19 AM5:58 PM23 min
November6:35 AM5:40 PM24 min
December6:54 AM5:41 PM24 min

About Hong Kong

Hong Kong sits at 22.32°N, 114.17°E, in the northern hemisphere, on Asia/Hong Kong time. Sunrise and sunset times are computed from latitude and longitude using the NOAA solar equations and are accurate to within a minute or two.

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