Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Bethesda

Sunrise in Bethesda today is at 05:04:46 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:22:19 PM, giving Bethesda 16h 17min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:17:06 AM and ends at 10:10:18 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Bethesda or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Bethesda. Get a full year of light data with the printable Bethesda Photography Planner 2026.

Bethesda lies in the temperate zone at 53.2° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Bethesda receives 17.0 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:49 AM and sunset at 09:46 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.5 hours — a difference of 9.4 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 04:49, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:47. The evening golden hour in Bethesda lasts about 88 minutes in summer and 93 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.