Old Town Waterfront · painted for this minute from Bay St. Louis’s own horizon and tonight’s cloud forecast
Golden hour · the sun is 0.7° up · clear at 29%
The sun goes down at
5:07 PM
T-00:05:00It drops behind land 490 m away to the west-south-west, 4 min before the official sunset time of 5:11 PM. Look west-south-west. Golden hour starts at 4:36 PM.
Sunset Score · Mostly clear (28% cloud): a good, dependable glow. Thin high clouds (26%) that turn pink after the sun goes down; nothing low on the horizon, so you should see the sun all the way down.
Know Before You Go
Access
free
open beach along Beach Blvd
Best spot
Washington Pier
west view over the bay
Dolphins
common
in the bay at dusk
see you at sunset
Tonight’s times, the week ahead and the year by month are below. Bay St. Louis Sunset runs nightly, weather permitting, from about two hours before sunset.
Tonight, Monday, November 2, the sun sets at 5:11 PM at Bay St. Louis. From the sand it drops behind land 1608 feet away 4 min earlier, at 5:07 PM. Golden hour starts at 4:36 PM, and the sky stays light until about 5:34 PM. Tonight's Sunset Score is 7 out of 10. Mostly clear (28% cloud): a good, dependable glow.
Sunrise today was at 6:14 AM, which gives Bay St. Louis 10 hr 57 min of daylight. It is fully dark by about 6:03 PM.
The next seven evenings at Bay St. Louis: when the sun goes down, when golden hour starts and when the last light fades, plus the Sunset Score from each night's cloud forecast.
| Day | Sunset | Golden hour | Last light | Cloud | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonight | 5:07 PM | from 4:36 PM | 5:34 PM | 28% | 7/10 |
| Tue Nov 3 | 5:07 PM | from 4:35 PM | 5:34 PM | 100% | 3/10 |
| Wed Nov 4 | 5:06 PM | from 4:34 PM | 5:33 PM | 77% | 6/10 |
| Thu Nov 5 | 5:05 PM | from 4:34 PM | 5:32 PM | 9% | 5/10 |
| Fri Nov 6 | 5:04 PM | from 4:33 PM | 5:32 PM | 100% | 3/10 |
| Sat Nov 7 | 5:04 PM | from 4:32 PM | 5:31 PM | 86% | 3/10 |
| Sun Nov 8 | 5:03 PM | from 4:31 PM | 5:30 PM | 8% | 5/10 |
On nights the sun drops behind land, the table shows the time it disappears from the beach, which is earlier than the official sunset.
Tonight the sun goes down in the west-south-west (253° on a compass). The favorite place to watch is Old Town Waterfront.
Tonight’s timeline for Bay St. Louis Sunset is at the top of this page.
The spot where the sun sets moves along the horizon through the year. Around June 21 it goes down furthest north, in the west-north-west (297°); around December 21 it goes down furthest south, in the west-south-west (243°). In June it sets behind the beach. In December it drops behind land 633 feet away.
Golden hour tonight runs from 4:36 PM to sunset at 5:11 PM. The sun is low, the light is warm and soft, and shadows are long. It is the best time for photos of people on the beach.
Blue hour follows, from about 5:25 PM to 5:44 PM, when the sun is below the horizon and the sky turns deep blue. The first lights come on along the shore and the water holds the last of the color.
Sunrise, sunset and daylight on the 15th of each month. Over the next year the earliest sunset is 4:58 PM (Thu Dec 3) and the latest is 8:04 PM (Wed Jun 30). Times are local and include daylight saving time where it applies.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 6:24 AM | 5:02 PM | 10 hr 38 min |
| December 2026 | 6:48 AM | 5:00 PM | 10 hr 12 min |
| January 2027 | 6:56 AM | 5:20 PM | 10 hr 24 min |
| February 2027 | 6:39 AM | 5:47 PM | 11 hr 7 min |
| March 2027 | 7:09 AM | 7:06 PM | 11 hr 57 min |
| April 2027 | 6:32 AM | 7:25 PM | 12 hr 54 min |
| May 2027 | 6:05 AM | 7:45 PM | 13 hr 40 min |
| June 2027 | 5:56 AM | 8:02 PM | 14 hr 5 min |
| July 2027 | 6:07 AM | 8:02 PM | 13 hr 55 min |
| August 2027 | 6:25 AM | 7:41 PM | 13 hr 16 min |
| September 2027 | 6:43 AM | 7:05 PM | 12 hr 22 min |
| October 2027 | 7:00 AM | 6:28 PM | 11 hr 28 min |
The official sunset time is when the top of the sun sinks below a flat sea horizon. We also check Bay St. Louis’s real horizon: the hills, headlands and islands you can see from the sand. When land is in the way, the sun disappears before the official time, and we show you that earlier time. The Sunset Score rates how colorful the sky should be from the cloud forecast at sunset. Buildings are not included, so a tall hotel beside you can still hide the last minute.
The sun sets at 5:11 PM at Bay St. Louis today (Monday, November 2). From the beach it drops behind land 4 min earlier, at 5:07 PM.
The sun rose at 6:14 AM at Bay St. Louis today.
10 hr 57 min of daylight, from 6:14 AM to 5:11 PM.
Golden hour at Bay St. Louis runs from 4:36 PM to sunset at 5:11 PM, when the sun is low and the light turns warm and soft. Blue hour follows, from 5:25 PM to 5:44 PM.
The sky stays light enough to see without a flashlight until about 5:34 PM, the end of civil twilight. It is fully dark by about 6:03 PM.
Tonight's Sunset Score is 7 out of 10, from the cloud forecast at sunset. Mostly clear (28% cloud): a good, dependable glow.
Tonight the sun sets in the west-south-west, at 253° on a compass. Through the year it moves between the west-north-west in June and the west-south-west in December.
Not tonight. The sun drops behind land 1608 feet away, to the west-south-west.
Over the next year the earliest sunset at Bay St. Louis is 4:58 PM on Thursday, December 3, and the latest is 8:04 PM on Wednesday, June 30.
Old Town Waterfront is the favorite spot at Bay St. Louis. Get there 30 to 45 minutes before sunset for a good place, and stay 20 minutes after for the afterglow.
| Gulfport sunset | 14 mi | 5:10 PM |
|---|---|---|
| Biloxi sunset | 26 mi | 5:09 PM |
| Dauphin Island sunset | 74 mi | 5:06 PM |
| Grand Isle sunset | 84 mi | 5:15 PM |
| Gulf Shores sunset | 97 mi | 5:04 PM |
| Orange Beach sunset | 105 mi | 5:04 PM |
See every beach on one map: sunset times tonight across the US →