Sunset & Sunrise Today in Lake Charles, Louisiana

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Lake Charles at 6:41 PM, having risen at 7:15 AM. That works out to 11h 26m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Lake Charles, is at 12:58 PM.

Sitting at 30.21° latitude puts Lake Charles in the lower mid-latitudes — daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 46 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Lake Charles keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Lake Charles runs from about 6:10 PM to 6:56 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:56 PM to 7:06 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Lake Charles is at 6:40 PM and sunrise at 7:15 AM — about 1m 45s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Lake Charles drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Lake Charles, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Lake Charles ranges from as early as 5:11 PM (around November 29) to as late as 8:18 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 14h 05m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 10h 11m.