Daylight today
Virginia Beach gets 10 hours 57 minutes of daylight today, 2 min 10 sec less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 19 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 9 h 38 min. The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Virginia Beach apart
- Virginia Beach sits at about the latitude of Tunis, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 5 h 3 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 41 min on the longest day against 9 h 38 min on the shortest.
- On its shortest day, December 22, Virginia Beach gets 9 h 38 min of daylight, 24th 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, 26 minutes earlier, and last light at 6:44 PM, 26 minutes after sunset: 11 hours 50 minutes of light in Virginia Beach today, 10 h 57 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 7:27 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 5:08 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Virginia Beach
In 2026 the days in Virginia Beach bottom out at 9 h 38 min on December 22 and peak at 14 h 41 min on June 21. The darkest evenings come before the shortest day (the earliest sunset is on December 4) and the darkest mornings after it (the latest sunrise is on January 1, 2027).
Virginia Beach's days run from 9 h 38 min to 14 h 41 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Virginia Beach.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:48 AM | 7:17 AMfirst light 6:48 | 5:11 PMlast light 5:40 | 5:40 PM | 9 h 55 min |
| February | 6:27 AM | 6:53 AMfirst light 6:27 | 5:45 PMlast light 6:11 | 6:11 PM | 10 h 51 min |
| March | 6:50 AM | 7:16 AMfirst light 6:50 | 7:12 PMlast light 7:37 | 7:37 PM | 11 h 56 min |
| April | 6:04 AM | 6:31 AMfirst light 6:04 | 7:39 PMlast light 8:05 | 8:05 PM | 13 h 8 min |
| May | 5:28 AM | 5:57 AMfirst light 5:28 | 8:05 PMlast light 8:34 | 8:34 PM | 14 h 8 min |
| June | 5:14 AM | 5:45 AMfirst light 5:14 | 8:25 PMlast light 8:56 | 8:56 PM | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 5:27 AM | 5:57 AMfirst light 5:27 | 8:24 PMlast light 8:54 | 8:54 PM | 14 h 27 min |
| August | 5:54 AM | 6:22 AMfirst light 5:54 | 7:57 PMlast light 8:24 | 8:24 PM | 13 h 35 min |
| September | 6:21 AM | 6:47 AMfirst light 6:21 | 7:13 PMlast light 7:39 | 7:39 PM | 12 h 26 min |
| October | 6:46 AM | 7:12 AMfirst light 6:46 | 6:29 PMlast light 6:55 | 6:55 PM | 11 h 17 min |
| November | 6:15 AM | 6:43 AMfirst light 6:15 | 4:56 PMlast light 5:23 | 5:23 PM | 10 h 13 min |
| December | 6:41 AM | 7:10 AMfirst light 6:41 | 4:49 PMlast light 5:18 | 5:18 PM | 9 h 39 min |
Nearby
- Washington, DC: 153 miles away, sunset today 6:19 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Raleigh: 166 miles away, sunset today 6:29 PM.
- Baltimore, MD: 172 miles away, sunset today 6:17 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Philadelphia: 219 miles away, sunset today 6:10 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.