Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Portsmouth, VA. Select a date to view the calculated light times.
The month-by-month table below is in this city's own local time. The live times above follow your device's timezone. Mountains, ridgelines and buildings can shorten the usable window — scout your horizon.
Terrain, buildings and weather can affect visible light. Check the horizon and conditions at the selected location.
In Portsmouth, sunset ranges from 4:48 PM in December to 8:28 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Portsmouth's coordinates (36.8354, -76.2983) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:17 AM | 5:12 PM | 4:33 PM – 5:12 PM | 39 min | 9h 56m |
| February | 6:53 AM | 5:45 PM | 5:09 PM – 5:45 PM | 36 min | 10h 52m |
| March | 7:16 AM | 7:12 PM | 6:38 PM – 7:12 PM | 34 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:31 AM | 7:39 PM | 7:05 PM – 7:39 PM | 34 min | 13h 09m |
| May | 5:57 AM | 8:06 PM | 7:29 PM – 8:06 PM | 37 min | 14h 09m |
| June | 5:45 AM | 8:26 PM | 7:47 PM – 8:26 PM | 39 min | 14h 41m |
| July | 5:57 AM | 8:24 PM | 7:46 PM – 8:24 PM | 38 min | 14h 26m |
| August | 6:22 AM | 7:56 PM | 7:20 PM – 7:56 PM | 36 min | 13h 34m |
| September | 6:47 AM | 7:12 PM | 6:38 PM – 7:12 PM | 34 min | 12h 25m |
| October | 7:12 AM | 6:28 PM | 5:53 PM – 6:28 PM | 35 min | 11h 16m |
| November | 6:43 AM | 4:55 PM | 4:17 PM – 4:55 PM | 38 min | 10h 12m |
| December | 7:10 AM | 4:50 PM | 4:09 PM – 4:50 PM | 41 min | 9h 39m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Portsmouth. It is longest in December at about 41 minutes and shortest in March at about 34 minutes — a difference of 7 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Portsmouth gets 5h 02m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:50 PM in December to 8:26 PM in June, so an evening shoot that works in summer will be shooting in the dark at the same clock time in winter.
Blue hour follows sunset and is worth planning for separately: in June it runs until about 8:56 PM, and in December until about 5:18 PM.
Golden hour is the period near sunrise and sunset when the sun is low. Blue hour occurs before sunrise and after sunset. Calculated times vary with location and date; weather, terrain and buildings can affect visible light.
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