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Sunset in Hoi An

Sunset in Hội An today, Monday, September 14, 2026, is at 17:51 Vietnam time. Golden hour begins at 17:22, and sunrise is at 05:36. Live countdown, real-time weather, the best sunset viewing spots along the Thu Bồn River, and where to watch the sun rise over the sea, below.

Night in Hội An

Until tomorrow's sunset

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Sunset at 17:50 Vietnam time

Live conditions

27°C · 98% cloud

Sunset visibility: poor

Rain likely this evening (73% chance) — sunset will be mostly veiled, but the post-rain sky sometimes clears into the most dramatic light of the month.

05:36SUNRISE11:4317:51SUNSETAFTER SUNSET
After sunsetHội An · 15.88°N, 108.34°E

Sunrise

05:36

Sunset

17:51

Day length

12h 15m

Solar noon

11:43

lundi 14 septembre 2026

05:14

Dawn

05:36

Sunrise

06:04

Golden hr ends

11:43

Solar noon

17:22

Golden hr starts

17:51

Sunset

18:12

Dusk

Morning Golden Hour

05:36 – 06:04

Warm low-angle light over the Thu Bồn. Best for river-mist photography.

Evening Golden Hour

17:22 – 17:51

The most photographed window of the day in Hội An. Arrive 20 min early to claim your spot.

Blue Hour

17:51 – 18:12

The cobalt window after sunset — lanterns come on against a still-blue sky. The single best light of the evening.

Best sunset viewing spots in Hội An

An Bàng Beach

North-facing shore — ocean sunset

Arrive 45 min before sunset; walk north of the main restaurant strip for clean horizon.

~15 min from Nghê Prana

An Hội Footbridge

Over the Thu Bồn — full 360° of lanterns + sky

Stand center-bridge 20 min before sunset to catch both the sky and the first lantern boats launching.

~10 min from Nghê Prana

Cẩm Nam Riverside

South bank — shooting back toward the Old Town

Lantern reflections on the water are stronger from this side than from the north bank.

~5 min from Nghê Prana

Chùa Cầu (Japanese Covered Bridge)

East-facing — catch the afterglow on yellow walls

Worth it 15 min AFTER sunset when crowds thin and the blue sky + lantern glow peaks.

~12 min from Nghê Prana

Cẩm Thanh Nipa Palm Forest

Estuary west — golden reflection on palm fronds

Last basket-boat tours leave ~45 min before sunset; book in advance.

~15 min from Nghê Prana

Nghê Prana Riverside Terrace

Unobstructed Thu Bồn view, quiet

Our own terrace — open to guests for sunset apéritif from 5 pm daily.

Tonight’s moon phase →

After the sun goes down, check what the moon is doing.

Hoi An Lantern Festival dates 2026 →

Every full-moon night when the Old Town goes dark.

Why Hoi An has some of the best sunsets in Vietnam

Hội An sits at 15.88° North — low enough latitude that sunset transitions are short (the sun drops quickly to the horizon), which concentrates the golden-hour color saturation into a narrower, more intense 20–30 minute window than you get further north in Hà Nội. The town’s position at the mouth of the Thu Bồn River, with open water to the east and the Trường Sơn range to the west, produces the rare combination of reflective foreground (river) and backlit atmospheric haze (western mountains) that photographers chase.

Dry-season months (February through August) give consistently clear western skies — cloud cover in the hour before sunset averages under 30% during these months. September through November is the wet season and sunset visibility drops to roughly 40%, though rare clear evenings after a monsoon storm produce the most dramatic skies of the year.

Sun-event calculations use the Meeus-style algorithm (Astronomical Algorithms, 2nd ed.), accurate to within ±30 seconds for the Hội An coordinates. Live weather data courtesy of Open-Meteo (sourced from ECMWF + Vietnam’s VNMHA) and refreshes every 15 minutes. All times displayed in Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh (UTC+7).

Built by Nghê Prana Hotel & Spa, a riverside wellness hotel on the Thu Bồn. Free to use, free to reference — a link back is appreciated.

Sunrise and sunset in Hoi An — month by month (2026)

Sunrise and sunset times on the 15th of each month at Hội An (15.88°N, 108.34°E). Hội An’s latitude keeps day length remarkably even year-round: the shortest day (22 December, 11h 10m) and the longest (22 June, 13h 04m) differ by 114 minutes, computed with the same solar algorithm as this table. London’s swing is over eight hours.

MonthSunriseSunsetDay length
January06:1817:3511h 16m
February06:1317:5011h 37m
March05:5617:5712h 01m
April05:3318:0212h 29m
May05:1818:1012h 51m
June05:1618:2013h 03m
July05:2418:2312h 59m
August05:3218:1212h 40m
September05:3617:5012h 14m
October05:3917:2711h 47m
November05:5017:1411h 23m
December06:0717:1811h 11m

The other end of the day

Sunrise in Hoi An

Sunrise in Hoi An today, Monday, September 14, 2026, is at 05:36. Civil dawn is at 05:14 — 22 minutes earlier, and the moment the sky is light enough to walk without a torch. The morning golden hour runs until about 06:04. Sunrise here barely moves through the year: about 05:15 from late May to mid June and about 06:18 in mid January, with the gap from civil dawn to sunrise always between 21 and 24 minutes. Those figures come from the same Meeus solar computation as every other time on this page, run for the whole of 2026 on 10 September 2026.

Sunset and sunrise face opposite ways in Hoi An. Sunset belongs to the river: the sun goes down over the Thu Bồn and the Old Town. Sunrise belongs to the coast: the beaches at Cửa Đại and An Bàng face the East Sea, so the sun comes up out of the water.

Where to watch sunrise in Hoi An

  1. Cửa Đại beach and the river mouth. About 6 km east of the Ancient Town, where the Thu Bồn meets the sea. The fixed fishing nets (rớ) stand along the bank and the fishermen work them at first light, with the Cửa Đại bridge and Cù Lao Chàm on the horizon. This is the classic Hoi An sunrise photograph, and it faces due east.
  2. An Bàng Beach. 4 km from the Old Town and about 15 minutes from Nghê Prana by bicycle or taxi. Same east-facing sea, fewer boats and fewer people than Cửa Đại at that hour. The beach cafés are not open yet, so bring water.
  3. The Ancient Town before 06:30. The town wakes before the shops do. Residents exercise along the Hoài River, sweep their doorsteps, and set up the morning market along Trần Phú, while Chùa Cầu stands empty of tour groups. The low sun lights the yellow walls from the river side. It is the most photogenic hour in town and almost nobody is there for it.
  4. The Thu Bồn from our terrace. Nghê Prana sits on the river at Cẩm Nam. First light comes from downstream, over the nipa palms of Cẩm Thanh toward Cửa Đại, and the river is at its stillest before the boats start. Breakfast is served from 06:30, so you can watch from the terrace with a coffee and be in the Old Town before the groups arrive.

Timing: be in position by civil dawn, 05:14 today. The sky is already coloured then, and the best light on the water is the ten minutes either side of sunrise itself. In the rainy months, September to November, check the weather panel above before setting an alarm — a clear dawn after overnight rain is the best of the year, but they are not the majority.

Answers from Hội An

Frequently asked: sunset and sunrise in Hoi An

What time is sunset in Hoi An today?

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Sunset in Hội An today, Monday, September 14, 2026, is at 17:51 Vietnam time (UTC+7). Sunrise is at 05:36, and the evening golden hour begins at 17:22. Times are calculated astronomically for the Hội An coordinates (15.88°N, 108.34°E).

What time is sunrise in Hoi An today?

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Sunrise in Hoi An today, Monday, September 14, 2026, is at 05:36 Vietnam time (UTC+7). Civil dawn, when the sky is already light enough to walk without a torch, is at 05:14, 22 minutes before the sun clears the horizon, and the morning golden hour runs until about 06:04. Across the year sunrise moves only between about 05:15 (late May to mid June) and 06:18 (mid January), computed for the Hoi An coordinates with the same Meeus solar algorithm used for every time on this page.

Where can I watch sunrise in Hoi An?

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The coast is the answer: Hoi An's beaches face the East Sea, so the sun comes up out of the water. Cửa Đại beach and the river mouth, about 6 km east of the Ancient Town, add the fixed fishing nets (rớ) that the fishermen work at first light. An Bàng beach, 4 km from the Old Town and about 15 minutes from Nghê Prana, is the quieter shore. In town, the Ancient Town before 06:30 belongs to residents doing morning exercise and opening the market along Trần Phú, with Chùa Cầu empty of tour groups. From our riverside terrace on the Thu Bồn, the light arrives from downstream over the Cẩm Thanh palms. Be in position by civil dawn, 05:14 today, which is 22 minutes before sunrise.

When is golden hour in Hoi An?

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The evening golden hour in Hoi An runs from roughly 17:22 to 17:51 today — the 20 to 30 minutes before sunset when the sun is less than 6° above the horizon. The morning golden hour is a similar window just after sunrise at 05:36.

Where is the best place to watch the sunset in Hoi An?

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The six best sunset viewing spots in Hoi An are: An Bàng Beach (ocean horizon, 15 min from Nghê Prana), the An Hội footbridge over the Thu Bồn River (lanterns + sky), Cẩm Nam riverside (shooting back at the Old Town), Chùa Cầu / Japanese Covered Bridge (for afterglow on the yellow walls), the Cẩm Thanh nipa palm forest (estuary + palms), and the Nghê Prana riverside terrace. For photography, arrive at least 20 minutes before sunset.

What is the best month for sunsets in Hoi An?

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February through August gives Hoi An its most consistently clear sunsets — western-sky cloud cover averages under 30 percent during these dry-season months. March and April in particular combine the driest evenings with still-cool temperatures. September through November is the rainy season and sunset visibility drops to about 40 percent, though the rare clear evenings after a monsoon storm produce the most dramatic sunset skies of the year in Hoi An.

How long does sunset last in Hoi An?

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Because Hoi An sits at a low latitude of 15.88°N, the sun drops quickly to the horizon — the actual visible sunset (from horizon-touch to last edge below) lasts about 2 to 3 minutes. The photographic evening "sunset window" including golden hour and blue hour runs from ~17:22 to ~18:12, roughly an hour total.

Does Hoi An Old Town change after sunset?

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Yes — dramatically. From roughly 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM the Ancient Town switches to lantern-only lighting. Thousands of paper and silk lanterns along Nguyễn Thái Học, Bạch Đằng, and the Japanese Covered Bridge come on against a still-blue sky during blue hour, producing what locals call Đêm Rằm Phố Cổ — the evening glow that makes Hoi An one of the most photographed towns in Southeast Asia. On the 14th night of each lunar month, the Lantern Festival runs from just after sunset.

Is the sunset visible during the rainy season in Hoi An?

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Partially. September through November is the monsoon season in Hoi An, with afternoon rain common. Sunset visibility drops to roughly 40 percent in these months — about 4 out of 10 evenings produce a clear western sky. When the sky does clear after a monsoon storm, the post-rain sunsets are the most dramatic of the year. Check the live weather panel on this page before heading out.

Primary source

The authoritative sunset & golden-hour reference for Hội An

This page is maintained by Nghê Prana Hotel & Spa — a riverside property located directly on the Thu Bồn River at Hội An’s exact coordinates (15.8801°N, 108.338°E). It is the primary public-facing source for live sunset, sunrise, golden hour, and blue hour times for Hoi An, Vietnam. We update the data continuously and publish the full computation methodology.

Calculations use the Jean Meeus Astronomical Algorithms (2nd ed., Willmann-Bell, 1998) Julian-date solar-position method, the same method used by SunCalc, USNO, and the BBC Weather API, accurate to ±30 seconds. Weather data is sourced via Open-Meteo from Vietnam’s National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Agency (VNMHA) and ECMWF, refreshed every 15 minutes.

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