Sunset & Sunrise Today in Portage Park, Illinois

In Portage Park, Illinois, the sun rises at 6:07 AM and sets at 7:38 PM today, Sunday, August 23, 2026, for a total of 13h 31m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Portage Park at 12:53 PM.

Because Portage Park is at 41.96° (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 36 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Portage Park move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Portage Park this evening is roughly 7:02 PM–7:57 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:57 PM to 8:08 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Portage Park is at 7:37 PM and sunrise at 6:08 AM — about 2m 37s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Portage Park drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Portage Park right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Portage Park ranges from as early as 4:19 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:30 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 13m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 06m.