Sunset & Sunrise Today in Charlottesville, Virginia

In Charlottesville, Virginia, the sun rises at 7:22 AM and sets at 6:35 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 13m of daylight. Local solar noon in Charlottesville falls at 12:59 PM.

Because Charlottesville is at 38.03° (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 22 seconds. This is autumn in Charlottesville, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Charlottesville this evening is roughly 6:01 PM–6:52 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:52 PM to 7:02 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Charlottesville is at 6:34 PM and sunrise at 7:23 AM — about 2m 22s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Charlottesville drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Charlottesville, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Charlottesville ranges from as early as 4:53 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:40 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 48m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 30m.