Sunset & Sunrise Today in Dakota Ridge, Colorado

In Dakota Ridge, Colorado, the sun rises at 7:10 AM and sets at 6:22 PM today, Wednesday, October 14, 2026, for a total of 11h 12m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Dakota Ridge, is at 12:46 PM.

Sitting at 39.62° latitude puts Dakota Ridge in the mid-latitudes — daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 30 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Dakota Ridge keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Dakota Ridge runs from about 5:46 PM to 6:39 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:39 PM to 6:49 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Dakota Ridge is at 6:20 PM and sunrise at 7:11 AM — about 2m 31s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Dakota Ridge drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Dakota Ridge, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Dakota Ridge ranges from as early as 4:35 PM (around December 6) to as late as 8:32 PM (around June 26). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 57m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 21m.