Sunset & Sunrise Today in Dover, Delaware

Dover, Delaware sees the sun come up at 5:48 AM and go down at 8:27 PM on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 — 14h 38m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Dover falls at 1:08 PM.

Dover lies at latitude 39.16°, in the mid-latitudes, where daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 17 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Dover keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Dover runs from about 7:49 PM to 8:46 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:46 PM to 8:59 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Dover is at 8:26 PM and sunrise at 5:49 AM — about 1m 19s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Dover drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Dover, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Dover ranges from as early as 4:38 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:32 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 55m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 24m.