Sunset & Sunrise Today in Cedar Falls, Iowa

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Cedar Falls at 6:27 PM, having risen at 7:23 AM. That works out to 11h 03m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Cedar Falls at 12:55 PM.

Cedar Falls lies at latitude 42.53°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 47 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Cedar Falls keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Cedar Falls runs from about 5:49 PM to 6:45 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:45 PM to 6:56 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Cedar Falls is at 6:25 PM and sunrise at 7:24 AM — about 2m 47s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Cedar Falls drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Cedar Falls, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Cedar Falls ranges from as early as 4:36 PM (around December 3) to as late as 8:51 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 17m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 02m.