Daylight today
Today the sun is up for 10 hours 49 minutes in Philadelphia: 2 min 30 sec less than yesterday, and 1 hour 29 minutes more than on December 21, 2025, the darkest day, which had 9 h 20 min. The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Philadelphia apart
- Philadelphia sits at about the latitude of Beijing, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 5 h 41 min longer than its shortest: 15 h 1 min on the longest day against 9 h 20 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, Philadelphia gets 9 h 20 min of daylight, 13th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 6:54 AM, 28 minutes earlier, and last light at 6:37 PM, 28 minutes after sunset: 11 hours 44 minutes of light in Philadelphia today, 10 h 49 min of it with the sun up. The sun is 6° below the horizon at each; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
Clocks go back an hour on Sunday, November 1. Sunrise moves from 7:29 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 5:00 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Philadelphia
In 2026 the days in Philadelphia bottom out at 9 h 20 min on December 22 and peak at 15 h 1 min on June 21. The darkest evenings come before the shortest day (the earliest sunset is on December 6) and the darkest mornings after it (the latest sunrise is on December 29).
Philadelphia's days run from 9 h 20 min to 15 h 1 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Philadelphia.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:51 AM | 7:21 AMfirst light 6:51 | 5:00 PMlast light 5:30 | 5:30 PM | 9 h 39 min |
| February | 6:27 AM | 6:55 AMfirst light 6:27 | 5:37 PMlast light 6:05 | 6:05 PM | 10 h 42 min |
| March | 6:46 AM | 7:13 AMfirst light 6:46 | 7:08 PMlast light 7:35 | 7:35 PM | 11 h 55 min |
| April | 5:56 AM | 6:24 AMfirst light 5:56 | 7:39 PMlast light 8:07 | 8:07 PM | 13 h 15 min |
| May | 5:16 AM | 5:46 AMfirst light 5:16 | 8:09 PMlast light 8:40 | 8:40 PM | 14 h 23 min |
| June | 4:59 AM | 5:32 AMfirst light 4:59 | 8:32 PMlast light 9:04 | 9:04 PM | 14 h 59 min |
| July | 5:13 AM | 5:45 AMfirst light 5:13 | 8:29 PMlast light 9:01 | 9:01 PM | 14 h 44 min |
| August | 5:44 AM | 6:13 AMfirst light 5:44 | 7:59 PMlast light 8:28 | 8:28 PM | 13 h 46 min |
| September | 6:15 AM | 6:42 AMfirst light 6:15 | 7:11 PMlast light 7:38 | 7:38 PM | 12 h 29 min |
| October | 6:44 AM | 7:12 AMfirst light 6:44 | 6:23 PMlast light 6:50 | 6:50 PM | 11 h 11 min |
| November | 6:18 AM | 6:46 AMfirst light 6:18 | 4:46 PMlast light 5:15 | 5:15 PM | 9 h 59 min |
| December | 6:46 AM | 7:16 AMfirst light 6:46 | 4:37 PMlast light 5:08 | 5:08 PM | 9 h 21 min |
Nearby
- New York, NY: 81 miles away, sunset today 6:04 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Baltimore: 90 miles away, sunset today 6:17 PM.
- Washington, DC: 123 miles away, sunset today 6:19 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Virginia Beach: 219 miles away, sunset today 6:17 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.