Sunrise & sunset in Maine
10 places in Maine, each computed from its own coordinates. Today is Tuesday, September 22, 2026; times below are local to each city.
First sunrise in the state
Bangor
Bangor, 6:22 AM local time.
Last sunrise in the state
Sanford
Sanford, 6:30 AM local time — 8 minutes after Bangor in real time.
Today across Maine
| City | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland | 6:28 AM | 6:38 PM | 12h 10m |
| Lewiston | 6:28 AM | 6:38 PM | 12h 10m |
| Bangor | 6:22 AM | 6:33 PM | 12h 10m |
| South Portland | 6:28 AM | 6:38 PM | 12h 10m |
| Auburn | 6:28 AM | 6:38 PM | 12h 10m |
| Sanford | 6:30 AM | 6:40 PM | 12h 10m |
| Biddeford | 6:29 AM | 6:39 PM | 12h 10m |
| Westbrook | 6:29 AM | 6:39 PM | 12h 10m |
| Saco | 6:29 AM | 6:39 PM | 12h 10m |
| Augusta | 6:26 AM | 6:36 PM | 12h 10m |
About sunrise in Maine
The sun reaches Bangor 8 minutes before Sanford today — that gap is longitude, and it is fixed: the Earth turns fifteen degrees an hour, so every degree of longitude is four minutes of sunrise. Maine keeps a single time zone, so the clock times below are directly comparable.