Today's Sunrise & Sunset in Portsmouth

Sunrise in Portsmouth today is at 04:51:00 AM (local time). Sunset will be at 09:20:57 PM, giving Portsmouth 16h 29min of daylight today. Civil twilight begins at 04:03:52 AM and ends at 10:08:06 PM. Plan your day with the UV index for Portsmouth or find the best light for photos during the golden hour in Portsmouth. Get a full year of light data with the printable Portsmouth Photography Planner 2026.

Portsmouth lies in the temperate zone at 50.8° latitude, with dramatic daylight variation between summer and winter. On the longest day of the year (June 21), Portsmouth receives 16.5 hours of daylight, with sunrise at 04:51 AM and sunset at 09:21 PM. On the shortest day (December 21), this drops to 7.9 hours — a difference of 8.6 hours between summer and winter. The earliest sunrise of the year occurs around June 15 at 04:50, while the latest sunset falls around June 25 at 21:21. The evening golden hour in Portsmouth lasts about 80 minutes in summer and 84 minutes in winter — unusually long at this latitude, great for photography.