Sunset & Sunrise Today in Ames, Iowa

In Ames, Iowa, the sun rises at 6:31 AM and sets at 8:02 PM today, Sunday, August 23, 2026, for a total of 13h 31m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Ames at 1:17 PM.

Sitting at 42.03° latitude puts Ames 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 36 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Ames move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Ames this evening is roughly 7:25 PM–8:20 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:20 PM to 8:32 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Ames is at 8:00 PM and sunrise at 6:32 AM — about 2m 38s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Ames drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Ames, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Ames ranges from as early as 4:42 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:54 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 14m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 06m.