Sunset & Sunrise Today in Topeka, Kansas

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Topeka at 7:57 PM, having risen at 6:49 AM. That works out to 13h 08m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Topeka falls at 1:23 PM.

Sitting at 39.05° latitude puts Topeka 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 25 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Topeka move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Topeka runs from about 7:22 PM to 8:14 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:14 PM to 8:25 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Topeka is at 7:55 PM and sunrise at 6:50 AM — about 2m 25s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Topeka drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Topeka, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Topeka ranges from as early as 4:59 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:52 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 54m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 24m.