101 Sunset Captions – for Instagram, Facebook, and Beyond!

If you are like me, you’re looking for some sunset captions for instagram or Facebook that are a little bit different – not the ones that EVERYONE has used before. Sunsets are one of the most humbling, unique, beautiful, and fleeting moments in life, which is why they are so often captured and shared.

I’m not about the SUPER corny sunset captions, or the ones that are in such old English that you don’t really understand them. I’ve seen my fair share of sunset captions that just kind of miss the mark – so I’m here to solve all your caption worries, fellow instagrammers. I’ve gone through and picked out the sunset captions that you might ACTUALLY want to use! 😉

I have separated the below into inspirational sunset captions, romantic sunset captions, funny sunset captions, wanderlust sunset captions, beach unset captions, long sunset captions, short sunset captions, and sunset captions about a girl (for my fellow instagirls :P) – so scroll to the section that works best for your amazing sunset photo that’s clearly in need of a caption of equal awesomeness.

As an avid sunset lover myself and someone who likes creative sunset captions for instagram, I’ve gone through and hand-picked my favorite ones and also added a few of my own. Let me know which ones are your favorite, and sent me the photos where you use them so I can share them myself!

Romantic Sunset Captions

• In ten minutes things could look so differently, like the color of a sunset and the world after meeting you. – Jenn Satsune

• I live for sunsets with you.

• The sky has changed from orange to a hundred shades of pink to a dark navy blue, and here I am still loving you. – A.Y.

• The most beautiful sunsets are the ones we share.

• When the sun goes down and the band won’t play, I will always remember us this way. – Lady Gaga

• I want to see a whole world of different color-soaked skies with you.

• A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night. – Crystal Woods

• Somewhere between heaven and Earth. – Cindy Bullens

• The only thing better than a watching a sunset is watching one with you.

• Tell me the story about how the sun loved the moon so much he died every night to let her breathe. – unknown

Inspirational Quote Sunset Captions

• If you are in a beautiful place where you can enjoy sunrise and sunset, then you are living like a lord. – Nathan Phillips

• Sunsets are proof that endings can be beautiful too. -Beau Taplin

• Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing. – Dr. Seuss

• Don’t forget, beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies. – Paulo Coelho

• There’s nothing like a beautiful sunset to end a healthy day. – Rachel Boston

• It was sunsets that taught me that beauty sometimes only lasts for a couple of moments, and it was sunrises that showed me that all it takes is patience to experience it all over again. – A.J. Lawless

• Sunsets are something anyone can enjoy, absolutely anywhere in the world. So they’re worth making time for, no matter where you are. Even if just for a few seconds and a deep, appreciative breath. – Kimmie Conner

• The sky speaks in a thousand colors. – S.R. Abbasi

• There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them. – Jo Walton

• Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. – Richie Norton

• Sunrise is the start of something beautiful: the day. Sunset is the start of something beautiful: the night. – Juansen Dizon

• Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm but to add color to my sunset sky. – Rabindranath Tagore

• May every sunrise hold more promise and every sunset hold more peace. – Umair Siddiqui

• Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting. – Richard Paul Evans

• Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest. ― Thomas de Quincey

• Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. – Maya Angelou

• Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. – Maori Proverb

• When the sun is setting, leave whatever you are doing and watch it. – Murat Ildan

• The sun has gone to bed and so must I. – Sound of Music

Funny Sunset Captions for Instagram

• When the skies turn pink, it’s time to drink!

• If I could lick the sunset, I’ll bet it would taste like Neapolitan ice cream. – Jarod Kintz

• That crazy little sun of a beach.

• It was lit fam.

• Watch sunsets, not Netflix.

• It’s going down for real.

• Anotha day anotha dolla.

• Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second. – Mattie Stepanek

• I stayed up all night wondering where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.

• The only kind of sunsets that I don’t like are the ones that I missed.

• Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.

• Everything gets hotter when the sun goes down.

Wanderlust Sunset Captions

• To view a sunset from above the trees is to find heaven.

• There are too many things I haven’t done yet. There are too many sunsets I haven’t seen. – Sara Bareilles

• It’s almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream. – Bern Williams

• I travel to experience new places, new people, and new sunsets. – Kimmie Conner

• Oh, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth. – Roman Payne

• I climb mountains so I can see where the sun sleeps.

• Can you see the sunset real good on the West side? You can see it on the East side too. – S.E. Hinton The Outsiders

• I could never in a hundred summers get tired of this. – Susan Branch

• Pour me a sunset, kill the night, and I promise to drink with you forever. – William C. Hannan

Beach Sunset Captions

• Meet me where the sky touches the sea. – Jennifer Donnelly

• There’s no more perfect sunset than one over the ocean.

• That crazed girl improvising her music, her poetry, dancing upon the shore… that girl I declare a beautiful lofty thing, or a thing heroically lost, heroically found. – Yeats

• I long for endless horizons and a neverending sunset.

• Even the sun sets in paradise.

• The Sun broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire. – Pamela Hansford Johnson

• Happiness is the sun setting over a beach.

• My favorite painting is a sunset over a beach.

• The tans will fade but the memories will last forever.

• Smell the sea, and feel the sky. Let your soul and spirit fly. – Van Morrison

Long Sunset Captions

• Age is irrelevant. Ask me how many sunsets I’ve seen, hearts I’ve loved, trips I’ve taken, or concerts I’ve been too. That’s how old I am. – Joelle

• Every moment of life is unique… a kiss, a sunset, a dance, a joke. None will ever recur in quite the same way. Each happens only once in the history of the universe. – Stephen Nachmanovitch

• Every one of a hundred thousand cities around the world had its own special sunset and it was worth going there, just once, if only to see the sun go down. – Ryu Murakami

• I like people who get excited about the change of seasons, the sound of the ocean, watching a sunset, the smell of rain and starry nights. – Brooke Hampton

• As far as sunsets go, I think they are one of the most beautiful natural phenomena that absolutely everyone can enjoy. You have to travel far and wide to see a lot of the world’s wonders, but sunsets can be appreciated in every corner of the earth. – Kimmie Conner

Short Sunset Captions

• Many things in life can wait, but the sunset won’t. Watch it.

• A sunset should never go unnoticed.

• Sunsets are cliche for a reason.

• Always follow the light.

• Cherish every sunset.

• Live by the sun. Love by the moon

• Born to chase sunsets.

• Sunset state of mind.

• Mother nature doesn’t need a filter.

• While it may be cliche to say… the best things in life truly are free.

• This feeling should never go unnoticed.

• Sunset is my favorite color.

• I never met a sunset I didn’t like.

• Always make time for the sunset.

• Ride off into your sunset.

• Fifty shades of pink.

• I’ll always be a sunset person.

• Don’t worry, beach happy.

Sunset Captions About a Girl

• That was her magic – she could still see the sunset, even on the darkest days. – Atticus

• Now she’s lit by the warm orange spreading from the horizon as not-quite-day, becomes not-quite-night. – David Levithan

• She remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime. – Sharon Kay Penman

• Her heart was made of liquid sunsets. – Virginia Woolf

• She was not perfect, she was just stuck, In that pretty little zone between sunset and moonlight. – Clinton Sammy Jr

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Well, that’s about it for all the ideas for sunset captions for Instagram, Facebook, and beyond! What captions would you add?