Prayer Times Seattle, WA Today

How Prayer Times in Seattle Change Through the Year

Prayer times in Seattle are set by the sun, so they move every single day. The biggest daily swing is at dawn. The earliest Fajr of 2026 in Seattle falls on 08 Jun 2026 at 3:10 AM, while the latest Fajr arrives on 31 Oct 2026 at 6:26 AM. That is a difference of 3 hours 16 minutes across the year, which is why a timetable printed in January cannot be reused in June. The swing is wide because Seattle sits at 47.6 degrees north, far enough from the equator for the seasons to move the sun's path a long way.

The evening moves even more than the morning. The earliest Maghrib of the year in Seattle is 4:18 PM on 05 Dec 2026; the latest is 9:11 PM on 20 Jun 2026, a shift of 4 hours 53 minutes. On the longest day, 21 Jun 2026, sunset holds until 9:11 PM; on the shortest day, 21 Dec 2026, it comes at 4:20 PM.

Anyone who keeps the voluntary fasts, on Mondays and Thursdays or the white days of each month, feels the range most. The longest fast of 2026 in Seattle runs 18 hours 0 minutes, on 20 Jun 2026, from a Fajr of 3:11 AM to a Maghrib of 9:11 PM; the shortest is just 10 hours 0 minutes on 18 Dec 2026. Measured against the other 218 cities and neighbourhoods we track, that is one of the ten longest fasting days in the United States: only 1 places fast longer at midsummer. Solar noon drifts as well: Dhuhr moves between 11:53 AM and 1:20 PM across the year, following the equation of time.

Summer nights are short. The latest Isha of the year falls on 24 Jun 2026 at 11:12 PM, and Fajr follows only a few hours later, so the night prayers crowd together in June and July. Many worshippers in Seattle plan sleep around this stretch, and some mosques combine or adjust summer night schedules, so check your local mosque's board in midsummer.

How Each Prayer Time Is Calculated in Seattle

Each prayer begins at a defined position of the sun, not at a fixed clock time. PrayerTimesUSA calculates the Seattle timetable with the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) method, the standard used by most mosques in the United States: Fajr and Isha at a sun angle of 15 degrees, Asr by the standard shadow rule, with the Hanafi Asr shown through the method selector. Today's Hijri date in Seattle is 23 Jumādá al-ūlá 1448 (03 Nov 2026).

Fajr (5:30 AM today)

Fajr begins at true dawn, when the first white light spreads across the eastern horizon. In Seattle today that is 5:30 AM, and the window closes at sunrise (6:57 AM). A prayer offered after sunrise counts as missed (qada), so the Fajr alarm matters most in summer: dawn in Seattle ranges across the year from 3:10 AM at its earliest to 6:26 AM at its latest.

Dhuhr (11:53 AM today)

Dhuhr begins just after the sun passes its highest point and starts to descend. Clock noon and solar noon rarely match, because Seattle sits inside the America/Los_Angeles zone rather than on its meridian, so Dhuhr today is 11:53 AM. On Fridays, Jummah replaces Dhuhr.

Asr (2:25 PM today)

Asr begins when an object's shadow equals its height beyond the noon shadow. That standard rule (Shafi'i, Maliki and Hanbali) gives 2:25 PM in Seattle today. The Hanafi rule waits until the shadow is twice the height, which falls roughly 45 to 65 minutes later; use the calculation method selector at the top of this page to view Hanafi Asr. Finish Asr before the sun turns yellow and weak near the horizon.

Maghrib (4:48 PM today)

Maghrib enters the moment the whole disc of the sun disappears below the horizon: 4:48 PM today in Seattle. It is also the iftar moment on fasting days, and the Sunnah is to break the fast promptly with dates or water, then pray.

Isha (6:15 PM today) and the Last Third of the Night

Isha begins when the last red glow leaves the western sky: 6:15 PM tonight in Seattle. Halfway between Maghrib and the next Fajr falls Islamic midnight, and the last third of the night after it is set aside for Tahajjud, the voluntary night prayer. Tonight's last third for Seattle is on our Tahajjud calculator.

Friday Jummah and Mosques in Seattle, Washington

Jummah, the Friday congregational prayer, replaces Dhuhr every week and is the largest regular gathering of Muslims in Seattle. 5 mosques and Islamic centers in Seattle are listed below with their addresses, including Idris Mosque at 1420 NE Northgate Way, Seattle, WA 98125. Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS) publishes a Jummah time of 1:15 PM & 2:15 PM. Other mosques set their own khutbah times, so confirm before you travel.

Alongside Jummah, these mosques hold the five daily congregational prayers, weekend Quran classes for children, and taraweeh in Ramadan. Know a Seattle mosque that is not listed? Send us its details and we will add it with its address and Jummah time.

Finding the Qibla Direction in Seattle (17.57° North)

Prayer is valid only when faced toward the Kaaba in Mecca, and from Seattle the shortest path over the Earth's surface, the great-circle route, points 17.57° north from true north. The bearing is calculated from Seattle's coordinates (47.6° N, 122.3° W) to the Kaaba (21.4225° N, 39.8262° E). Along that bearing, the Kaaba is about 7540 miles (12135 km) from Seattle in a straight line over the Earth's curved surface. From Seattle, the great-circle line heads across Canada and the North Atlantic before descending toward Arabia.

To face the qibla at home or at work in Seattle, open the Qibla Compass on your phone, calibrate it with a slow figure-eight motion, and keep it away from metal furniture and electrical equipment that pull the needle. In a mosque, the mihrab already marks the direction.

Daylight Saving Time in Washington: The Two Jump Days

Twice a year in Seattle, the clock moves and every prayer time jumps with it. When daylight saving time begins on 08 Mar 2026, Fajr moves from 5:14 AM to 6:12 AM in a single night, a shift of just under an hour, and Maghrib moves from 6:03 PM to 7:05 PM. When standard time returns on 01 Nov 2026, Fajr moves from 6:26 AM back to 5:27 AM, and sunset prayers come an hour earlier in the evening. Every time on this page already follows the America/Los_Angeles clock in force on that date, so no manual adjustment is ever needed.

Daily Adhkar and Duas for Seattle

Pair the prayers with the recorded supplications: the dua after the adhan, the dua after wudu, tasbih of 33 after every prayer, and duas for relief and gratitude. The full set, with Arabic, transliteration and translation, is in our dua library.