Sunset & Sunrise Today in Minneapolis, Minnesota

On Sunday, August 9, 2026, the sun sets over Minneapolis at 8:28 PM, having risen at 6:08 AM. That works out to 14h 19m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Minneapolis at 1:18 PM.

Minneapolis lies at latitude 44.98°, 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 38 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Minneapolis move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Minneapolis this evening is roughly 7:48 PM–8:48 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:48 PM to 9:01 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Minneapolis is at 8:26 PM and sunrise at 6:09 AM — about 2m 40s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Minneapolis drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Minneapolis, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Minneapolis ranges from as early as 4:31 PM (around December 4) to as late as 9:03 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 36m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 45m.