Sunrise & sunset in Delaware
5 places in Delaware, each computed from its own coordinates. Today is Saturday, November 7, 2026; times below are local to each city.
First sunrise in the state
Dover
Dover, 6:36 AM local time.
Last sunrise in the state
Newark
Newark, 6:38 AM local time — 2 minutes after Dover in real time.
Today across Delaware
| City | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | 6:37 AM | 4:53 PM | 10h 15m |
| Dover | 6:36 AM | 4:54 PM | 10h 18m |
| Newark | 6:38 AM | 4:54 PM | 10h 16m |
| Middletown | 6:38 AM | 4:55 PM | 10h 16m |
| Bear | 6:38 AM | 4:54 PM | 10h 16m |
About sunrise in Delaware
The sun reaches Dover 2 minutes before Newark today — that gap is longitude, and it is fixed: the Earth turns fifteen degrees an hour, so every degree of longitude is four minutes of sunrise. Delaware keeps a single time zone, so the clock times below are directly comparable.