Sunset & Sunrise Today in Rochester, Minnesota

On Thursday, October 15, 2026, the sun sets over Rochester at 6:25 PM, having risen at 7:24 AM. That works out to 11h 00m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Rochester at 12:55 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 56 seconds. As autumn 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 5:47 PM to 6:44 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:44 PM to 6:55 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Rochester is at 6:23 PM and sunrise at 7:26 AM — about 2m 56s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Rochester drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Rochester, when sunset creeps earlier each week. 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.