Sunset & Sunrise Today in Chesapeake, Virginia

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Chesapeake at 7:37 PM, having risen at 6:33 AM. That works out to 13h 03m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Chesapeake at 1:06 PM.

Chesapeake lies at latitude 36.82°, 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 14 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Chesapeake move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Chesapeake runs from about 7:03 PM to 7:54 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:54 PM to 8:04 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Chesapeake is at 7:35 PM and sunrise at 6:34 AM — about 2m 13s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Chesapeake drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Chesapeake, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Chesapeake ranges from as early as 4:48 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:28 PM (around June 27). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 40m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 37m.