Sunset & Sunrise Today in Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio sees the sun come up at 7:47 AM and go down at 6:57 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 09m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Dayton falls at 1:22 PM.

Sitting at 39.76° latitude puts Dayton in the mid-latitudes — 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 31 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Dayton move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Dayton this evening is roughly 6:21 PM–7:14 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:14 PM to 7:24 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Dayton is at 6:55 PM and sunrise at 7:48 AM — about 2m 30s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Dayton drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Dayton, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Dayton ranges from as early as 5:11 PM (around December 4) to as late as 9:08 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 58m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 20m.