Sunset & Sunrise Today in Elmhurst, Illinois

In Elmhurst, Illinois, the sun rises at 6:14 AM and sets at 7:29 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 13h 15m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Elmhurst, is at 12:52 PM.

Elmhurst lies at latitude 41.90°, 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 40 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Elmhurst keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

Golden hour in Elmhurst this evening is roughly 6:53 PM–7:48 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:48 PM to 7:59 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Elmhurst 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 Elmhurst drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Elmhurst right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Elmhurst ranges from as early as 4:20 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 13m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 07m.