Sunset & Sunrise Today in Richland, Washington

On Sunday, August 23, 2026, the sun sets over Richland at 7:51 PM, having risen at 6:06 AM. That works out to 13h 45m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Richland at 12:59 PM.

Sitting at 46.29° latitude puts Richland in the upper mid-latitudes — there is a big difference between long summer days and short winter days. Each day is currently getting about 3 minutes shorter and 3 seconds. This is summer in Richland, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Richland this evening is roughly 7:12 PM–8:11 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:11 PM to 8:24 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Richland is at 7:50 PM and sunrise at 6:07 AM — about 3m 4s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Richland drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Richland, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Richland ranges from as early as 4:10 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:52 PM (around June 19). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 47m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 35m.