Sunset & Sunrise Today in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia sees the sun come up at 7:18 AM and go down at 6:32 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 13m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Richmond, is at 12:55 PM.

Richmond lies at latitude 37.55°, 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 20 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Richmond keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Richmond runs from about 5:57 PM to 6:49 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:49 PM to 6:59 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Richmond is at 6:30 PM and sunrise at 7:19 AM — about 2m 19s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Richmond drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Richmond, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Richmond ranges from as early as 4:51 PM (around November 29) to as late as 8:34 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 45m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 33m.