Sunset & Sunrise Today in Cottage Grove, Minnesota

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Cottage Grove at 6:26 PM, having risen at 7:27 AM. That works out to 10h 58m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Cottage Grove at 12:57 PM.

Cottage Grove lies at latitude 44.83°, in the mid-latitudes, where daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 3 minutes shorter and 1 seconds. This is autumn in Cottage Grove, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Cottage Grove's golden hour, about 5:47 PM to 6:45 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:45 PM to 6:56 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Cottage Grove is at 6:24 PM and sunrise at 7:28 AM — about 3m 1s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Cottage Grove drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Cottage Grove, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Cottage Grove ranges from as early as 4:30 PM (around December 5) to as late as 9:01 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 35m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 46m.