Sunset & Sunrise Today in Plainfield, Illinois

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Plainfield at 6:11 PM, having risen at 7:05 AM. That works out to 11h 05m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Plainfield, is at 12:38 PM.

Sitting at 41.63° latitude puts Plainfield 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 42 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Plainfield keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Plainfield runs from about 5:34 PM to 6:29 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:29 PM to 6:39 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Plainfield is at 6:09 PM and sunrise at 7:06 AM — about 2m 41s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Plainfield drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Plainfield, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Plainfield ranges from as early as 4:22 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 11m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 08m.