Sunset & Sunrise Today in Wheeling, West Virginia

Wheeling, West Virginia sees the sun come up at 7:33 AM and go down at 6:42 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 09m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Wheeling falls at 1:08 PM.

Because Wheeling is at 40.06° (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 33 seconds. This is autumn in Wheeling, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Wheeling runs from about 6:07 PM to 7:00 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:00 PM to 7:10 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Wheeling is at 6:41 PM and sunrise at 7:34 AM — about 2m 32s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Wheeling drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Wheeling, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Wheeling ranges from as early as 4:56 PM (around December 6) to as late as 8:55 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 00m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 18m.