Sunset & Sunrise Today in South Shore, Illinois

South Shore, Illinois sees the sun come up at 7:02 AM and go down at 6:08 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 05m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in South Shore falls at 12:36 PM.

Sitting at 41.76° latitude puts South Shore 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. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in South Shore move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in South Shore runs from about 5:31 PM to 6:26 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:26 PM to 6:37 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in South Shore is at 6:06 PM and sunrise at 7:04 AM — about 2m 42s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in South Shore drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in South Shore, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in South Shore ranges from as early as 4:19 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:28 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 12m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 07m.