Sunset & Sunrise Today in Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke, Virginia sees the sun come up at 6:48 AM and go down at 7:52 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 13h 04m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Roanoke at 1:20 PM.

Because Roanoke is at 37.27° (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 16 seconds. This is summer in Roanoke, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Roanoke this evening is roughly 7:18 PM–8:09 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:09 PM to 8:19 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Roanoke is at 7:51 PM and sunrise at 6:48 AM — about 2m 15s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Roanoke drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Roanoke, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Roanoke ranges from as early as 5:01 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:44 PM (around June 27). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 43m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 35m.