Sunset & Sunrise Today in Near North Side, Illinois

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Near North Side at 7:28 PM, having risen at 6:13 AM. That works out to 13h 15m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Near North Side falls at 12:51 PM.

Because Near North Side is at 41.90° (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 41 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Near North Side move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Near North Side this evening is roughly 6:52 PM–7:46 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:46 PM to 7:57 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Near North Side is at 7:26 PM and sunrise at 6:14 AM — about 2m 40s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Near North Side drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Near North Side, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Near North Side ranges from as early as 4:18 PM (around December 8) to as late as 8:29 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 13m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 07m.