Sunset & Sunrise Today in Dover, Delaware

Dover, Delaware sees the sun come up at 7:12 AM and go down at 6:22 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 10m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Dover falls at 12:47 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 2 minutes shorter and 28 seconds. Through autumn, 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 5:47 PM to 6:40 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:40 PM to 6:50 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Dover is at 6:21 PM and sunrise at 7:13 AM — about 2m 27s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Dover drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Dover, and the days are drawing in. 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.