Sunset & Sunrise Today in Chester, Pennsylvania

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Chester at 6:21 PM, having risen at 7:12 AM. That works out to 11h 09m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Chester at 12:47 PM.

Sitting at 39.85° latitude puts Chester 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 Chester move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Chester this evening is roughly 5:46 PM–6:39 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:39 PM to 6:49 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Chester is at 6:20 PM and sunrise at 7:13 AM — about 2m 31s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Chester drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Chester, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Chester ranges from as early as 4:36 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:33 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 59m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 20m.