Sunset & Sunrise Today in St. Charles, Illinois

St. Charles, Illinois sees the sun come up at 7:05 AM and go down at 6:11 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 05m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in St. Charles falls at 12:39 PM.

Sitting at 41.91° latitude puts St. Charles 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 44 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in St. Charles keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in St. Charles 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 St. Charles is at 6:09 PM and sunrise at 7:07 AM — about 2m 42s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in St. Charles drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in St. Charles, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in St. Charles ranges from as early as 4:21 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:32 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 13m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 06m.