Sunset & Sunrise Today in Rochester, Minnesota

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Rochester at 7:50 PM, having risen at 6:30 AM. That works out to 13h 20m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Rochester at 1:10 PM.

Sitting at 44.02° latitude puts Rochester 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 53 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Rochester move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Rochester runs from about 7:13 PM to 8:09 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:09 PM to 8:21 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Rochester is at 7:48 PM and sunrise at 6:31 AM — about 2m 53s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Rochester drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Rochester right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Rochester ranges from as early as 4:31 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:56 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 28m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 52m.