Sunset & Sunrise Today in Topeka, Kansas

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Topeka at 6:43 PM, having risen at 7:32 AM. That works out to 11h 11m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Topeka falls at 1:08 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 27 seconds. As autumn 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 6:08 PM to 7:00 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:00 PM to 7:11 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Topeka is at 6:42 PM and sunrise at 7:33 AM — about 2m 27s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Topeka drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Topeka, and the days are drawing in. 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.