Sunset & Sunrise Today in Portsmouth, Virginia

In Portsmouth, Virginia, the sun rises at 6:34 AM and sets at 7:37 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 13h 03m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Portsmouth at 1:06 PM.

Portsmouth lies at latitude 36.84°, 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. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Portsmouth move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Portsmouth this evening is roughly 7:03 PM–7:54 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:54 PM to 8:04 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Portsmouth is at 7:36 PM and sunrise at 6:34 AM — about 2m 14s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Portsmouth drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Portsmouth right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Portsmouth ranges from as early as 4:48 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:28 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 40m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 37m.