Sunset & Sunrise Today in Mankato, Minnesota

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Mankato at 6:31 PM, having risen at 7:31 AM. That works out to 11h 00m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Mankato falls at 1:01 PM.

Mankato lies at latitude 44.16°, 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 2 minutes shorter and 57 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Mankato keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Mankato runs from about 5:53 PM to 6:50 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:50 PM to 7:01 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Mankato is at 6:29 PM and sunrise at 7:32 AM — about 2m 56s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Mankato drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Mankato, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Mankato ranges from as early as 4:36 PM (around December 9) to as late as 9:03 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 29m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 51m.