Sunset & Sunrise Today in Palatine, Illinois

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Palatine at 6:09 PM, having risen at 7:05 AM. That works out to 11h 04m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Palatine falls at 12:38 PM.

Because Palatine is at 42.11° (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 Palatine move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Palatine 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 Palatine is at 6:08 PM and sunrise at 7:06 AM — about 2m 44s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Palatine drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Palatine, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Palatine ranges from as early as 4:19 PM (around December 7) to as late as 8:31 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 14m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 05m.