Calculated sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour times for Suffolk, 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 Suffolk, sunset ranges from 4:49 PM in December to 8:29 PM in June. Every time on this page is calculated for Suffolk's coordinates (36.7284, -76.585) and shown in America/New_York.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour (evening) | Length | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:17 AM | 5:14 PM | 4:35 PM – 5:14 PM | 39 min | 9h 56m |
| February | 6:54 AM | 5:46 PM | 5:11 PM – 5:46 PM | 35 min | 10h 52m |
| March | 7:17 AM | 7:13 PM | 6:39 PM – 7:13 PM | 34 min | 11h 57m |
| April | 6:32 AM | 7:40 PM | 7:06 PM – 7:40 PM | 34 min | 13h 09m |
| May | 5:58 AM | 8:07 PM | 7:30 PM – 8:07 PM | 37 min | 14h 08m |
| June | 5:47 AM | 8:26 PM | 7:48 PM – 8:26 PM | 38 min | 14h 40m |
| July | 5:59 AM | 8:25 PM | 7:47 PM – 8:25 PM | 38 min | 14h 26m |
| August | 6:23 AM | 7:57 PM | 7:21 PM – 7:57 PM | 36 min | 13h 34m |
| September | 6:48 AM | 7:13 PM | 6:39 PM – 7:13 PM | 34 min | 12h 25m |
| October | 7:13 AM | 6:29 PM | 5:54 PM – 6:29 PM | 35 min | 11h 16m |
| November | 6:44 AM | 4:57 PM | 4:19 PM – 4:57 PM | 38 min | 10h 13m |
| December | 7:11 AM | 4:51 PM | 4:11 PM – 4:51 PM | 40 min | 9h 40m |
Golden hour is not the same length all year in Suffolk. It is longest in December at about 40 minutes and shortest in March at about 34 minutes — a difference of 6 minutes of usable warm light per evening.
Suffolk gets 5h 00m more daylight on the longest day than the shortest. Sunset moves from 4:51 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 8:57 PM, and in December until about 5:20 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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