Sunset & Sunrise Today in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

On Sunday, August 9, 2026, the sun sets over Pittsburgh at 8:24 PM, having risen at 6:25 AM. That works out to 13h 59m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Pittsburgh at 1:25 PM.

Pittsburgh lies at latitude 40.44°, 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 13 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Pittsburgh keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Pittsburgh runs from about 7:48 PM to 8:43 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:43 PM to 8:55 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Pittsburgh is at 8:23 PM and sunrise at 6:26 AM — about 2m 14s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Pittsburgh drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Pittsburgh, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Pittsburgh ranges from as early as 4:52 PM (around December 6) to as late as 8:54 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 03m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 16m.