Sunset & Sunrise Today in Downers Grove, Illinois

Downers Grove, Illinois sees the sun come up at 7:04 AM and go down at 6:10 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 05m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Downers Grove falls at 12:37 PM.

Sitting at 41.81° latitude puts Downers Grove 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 42 seconds. This is autumn in Downers Grove, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

Golden hour in Downers Grove this evening is roughly 5:33 PM–6:28 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:28 PM to 6:38 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Downers Grove is at 6:08 PM and sunrise at 7:05 AM — about 2m 42s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Downers Grove drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Downers Grove, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Downers Grove ranges from as early as 4:20 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 12m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 07m.