Sunset & Sunrise Today in Des Plaines, Illinois

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Des Plaines at 6:09 PM, having risen at 7:04 AM. That works out to 11h 05m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Des Plaines falls at 12:37 PM.

Sitting at 42.03° latitude puts Des Plaines 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 44 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Des Plaines move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Des Plaines runs from about 5:32 PM to 6:27 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:27 PM to 6:38 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Des Plaines is at 6:07 PM and sunrise at 7:05 AM — about 2m 44s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Des Plaines drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Des Plaines, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Des Plaines ranges from as early as 4:19 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 14m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 06m.