New York sunset forecast

Today · New York, United States · America/New_York

A quiet evening for the horizon.

40/100

Poor

Upper cloud 2%. Little colour. Low cloud on the horizon. Visibility 19 km.

Golden-hour window
16:00 – 16:58
Sunset
16:38
Illustrative sky, not a live view or a prediction.

Evening light

14:3815:3816:3817:38

Seven-day outlook

Why this score

Upper cloud 2%. Little colour. Low cloud on the horizon. Visibility 19 km.

Horizon clarity
0% · mixed
Visibility
19 km
Photography details

Golden hour

16:00 – 16:58

Low, warm light before and just after sunset.

Blue hour

16:58 – 17:10

Cooler twilight after the warm light fades.

High cloud
0%
colour canvas
Low cloud
81%
horizon block
Visibility
19.2 km
atmospheric reach
Rain chance
1%
during the window

Light windows are astronomical estimates. Clouds, hills and buildings can change what you see. Understand the light windows

Forecasts are estimates. All times are local to America/New_York.

New York sunset outlook

On in New York, United States, sunset is at 16:38. Skying rates the conditions 40/100 (Poor). Upper cloud 2%. Little colour. Low cloud on the horizon. Visibility 19 km.

Weather data retrieved . All times are local to America/New_York. Longer-range forecasts are less certain.

Seven-day sunset and photography outlook · America/New_York
DateSunsetQualityGolden hourBlue hour
16:3840/100 · Poor16:00 – 16:5816:58 – 17:10
16:3741/100 · Poor15:59 – 16:5816:58 – 17:09
16:3758/100 · Average15:58 – 16:5716:57 – 17:08
16:3677/100 · Good15:57 – 16:5616:56 – 17:07
16:3580/100 · Excellent15:56 – 16:5516:55 – 17:07
16:3481/100 · Excellent15:55 – 16:5516:55 – 17:06
16:3460/100 · Average15:54 – 16:5416:54 – 17:05

Golden hour uses a solar altitude of +6° to −4°; blue hour uses −4° to −6°. These are astronomical estimates, not guarantees of colour. “No complete interval” means the sun does not cross both limits for this evening.

Forecasts describe conditions near New York (40.713, -74.006). Buildings, hills and local weather can change what you see. A high score is not a probability or a promise.

Weather: Open-Meteo. Place search: OpenStreetMap contributors via Photon. How Skying calculates the score · Understanding golden hour