Pittsburgh, PA · 2026
Sunrise and sunset in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Short answer
- Longest day
- 15 h 04 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 17 min
Pittsburgh daylight through 2026
Daylight in Pittsburgh runs from 9 h 17 min on December 21 to 15 h 04 min on June 21, a seasonal swing of 5 h 47 min between June 21 and December 21. That swing ranks 85th of 342 US cities of 100,000+, where 1st is the largest. Around the March equinox the city gets 12 h 09 min, and around the September equinox 12 h 09 min.
Pittsburgh daylight by month
| Month | Average | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9 h 41 min | 7:30 AM to 7:43 AM | 5:04 PM to 5:37 PM |
| February | 10 h 41 min | 6:54 AM to 7:29 AM | 5:38 PM to 6:10 PM |
| March | 11 h 58 min | 6:44 AM to 7:42 AM | 6:11 PM to 7:43 PM |
| April | 13 h 19 min | 6:20 AM to 7:03 AM | 7:44 PM to 8:14 PM |
| May | 14 h 27 min | 5:52 AM to 6:18 AM | 8:15 PM to 8:43 PM |
| June | 15 h 01 min | 5:49 AM to 5:52 AM | 8:44 PM to 8:54 PM |
| July | 14 h 43 min | 5:53 AM to 6:16 AM | 8:35 PM to 8:54 PM |
| August | 13 h 43 min | 6:17 AM to 6:46 AM | 7:53 PM to 8:34 PM |
| September | 12 h 26 min | 6:47 AM to 7:15 AM | 7:03 PM to 7:51 PM |
| October | 11 h 07 min | 7:16 AM to 7:48 AM | 6:17 PM to 7:01 PM |
| November | 9 h 57 min | 6:49 AM to 7:22 AM | 4:54 PM to 5:16 PM |
| December | 9 h 20 min | 7:23 AM to 7:42 AM | 4:53 PM to 5:03 PM |
Earliest sunrise, latest sunset and the clock
The earliest sunrise comes on June 7 at 5:49 AM and the latest sunset on June 23 at 8:54 PM. The latest sunrise is 7:48 AM on October 31. Daylight saving time starts and ends on March 8 and November 1, which shifts every clock time by an hour.
On standard time the clocks run 5 hours behind UTC, the time of the 75° W meridian. Pittsburgh sits at 79.98° W, so the sun runs about 20 minutes behind the zone clock. Solar noon is at 12:29 PM on January 15 and 1:25 PM on July 15.
Compared with nearby cities
Harrisburg, the state capital, gets 1 minutes less daylight than Pittsburgh on June 21 and 1 minutes more on December 21. Day length depends on latitude, so the table lists the paired cities from north to south.
| City | Latitude | June 21 | December 21 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester, NY | 43.17° N | 15 h 23 min | 8 h 59 min |
| Buffalo, NY | 42.89° N | 15 h 21 min | 9 h 01 min |
| Toledo, OH | 41.66° N | 15 h 12 min | 9 h 09 min |
| Cleveland, OH | 41.48° N | 15 h 11 min | 9 h 10 min |
| Akron, OH | 41.08° N | 15 h 08 min | 9 h 13 min |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 40.44° N | 15 h 04 min | 9 h 17 min |
| Columbus, OH | 39.98° N | 15 h 01 min | 9 h 20 min |
| Baltimore, MD | 39.30° N | 14 h 56 min | 9 h 24 min |
| Washington, DC | 38.90° N | 14 h 54 min | 9 h 26 min |
| Alexandria, VA | 38.82° N | 14 h 53 min | 9 h 27 min |
Questions people ask
What is the longest day of the year in Pittsburgh?
June 21, 2026, with 15 h 04 min of daylight: sunrise 5:49 AM, sunset 8:53 PM.
What is the shortest day in Pittsburgh?
December 21, 2026, with 9 h 17 min: sunrise 7:39 AM, sunset 4:56 PM.
When is the latest sunset in Pittsburgh?
8:54 PM on June 23, 2026. The earliest sunset is 4:53 PM on December 1.
What time zone is Pittsburgh in?
America/New_York. Clocks change on March 8 (to EDT) and November 1 (to EST) in 2026.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: computed for 2026 at the Census internal point of Pittsburgh, 40.440° N, 79.976° W; time zone from Open-Meteo.
- 01SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
- 02IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.