Sunset & Sunrise Today in Pekin, Illinois

Pekin, Illinois sees the sun come up at 7:09 AM and go down at 6:17 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 08m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Pekin at 12:44 PM.

Sitting at 40.57° latitude puts Pekin 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 35 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Pekin keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Pekin runs from about 5:41 PM to 6:35 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:35 PM to 6:46 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Pekin is at 6:16 PM and sunrise at 7:11 AM — about 2m 35s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Pekin drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Pekin, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Pekin ranges from as early as 4:31 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:33 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 04m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 15m.