Sunset & Sunrise Today in Oak Park, Illinois

Oak Park, Illinois sees the sun come up at 7:03 AM and go down at 6:09 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 05m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Oak Park falls at 12:37 PM.

Because Oak Park is at 41.89° (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 43 seconds. This is autumn in Oak Park, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Oak Park 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 6:37 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Oak Park is at 6:07 PM and sunrise at 7:04 AM — about 2m 42s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Oak Park drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Oak Park, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Oak Park ranges from as early as 4:19 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 13m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 07m.