Sunset & Sunrise Today in Urbandale, Iowa

Urbandale, Iowa sees the sun come up at 7:27 AM and go down at 6:33 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 05m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Urbandale falls at 1:00 PM.

Sitting at 41.63° latitude puts Urbandale 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. Through autumn, the sunset time in Urbandale keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

Golden hour in Urbandale this evening is roughly 5:56 PM–6:51 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:51 PM to 7:01 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Urbandale is at 6:31 PM and sunrise at 7:28 AM — about 2m 41s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Urbandale drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Urbandale, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Urbandale ranges from as early as 4:44 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:52 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 11m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 08m.