Sunset & Sunrise Today in Arlington Heights, Illinois

Arlington Heights, Illinois sees the sun come up at 6:14 AM and go down at 7:30 PM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 — 13h 15m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Arlington Heights at 12:53 PM.

Arlington Heights lies at latitude 42.09°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 42 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Arlington Heights keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Arlington Heights runs from about 6:53 PM to 7:48 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:48 PM to 7:59 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Arlington Heights is at 7:28 PM and sunrise at 6:15 AM — about 2m 41s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Arlington Heights drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Arlington Heights right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Arlington Heights ranges from as early as 4:19 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 14m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 05m.