Sunset & Sunrise Today in Dale City, Virginia

Dale City, Virginia sees the sun come up at 7:18 AM and go down at 6:30 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 11m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Dale City at 12:55 PM.

Sitting at 38.64° latitude puts Dale City 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 25 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Dale City keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Dale City runs from about 5:55 PM to 6:47 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:47 PM to 6:57 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Dale City is at 6:29 PM and sunrise at 7:19 AM — about 2m 24s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Dale City drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Dale City, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Dale City ranges from as early as 4:47 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:37 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 51m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 27m.