Sunset & Sunrise Today in Waterloo, Iowa

Waterloo, Iowa sees the sun come up at 5:45 AM and go down at 8:44 PM on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 — 14h 58m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Waterloo at 1:15 PM.

Sitting at 42.49° latitude puts Waterloo 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 1 minute shorter and 28 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Waterloo keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

Golden hour in Waterloo this evening is roughly 8:03 PM–9:05 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 9:05 PM to 9:18 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Waterloo is at 8:43 PM and sunrise at 5:46 AM — about 1m 30s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Waterloo drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Waterloo right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Waterloo ranges from as early as 4:35 PM (around December 7) to as late as 8:50 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 17m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 03m.