Sunset & Sunrise Today in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Today, Saturday, August 15, sunset in Saint Paul is at 8:18 PM and sunrise was at 6:14 AM, giving Saint Paul 14h 03m between first and last light. The sun reaches its high point above Saint Paul at 1:16 PM.

Because Saint Paul is at 44.94° (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 46 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Saint Paul move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Saint Paul this evening is roughly 7:38 PM–8:38 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:38 PM to 8:50 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Saint Paul is at 8:16 PM and sunrise at 6:15 AM — about 2m 47s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Saint Paul drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Saint Paul, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Saint Paul ranges from as early as 4:30 PM (around December 5) to as late as 9:02 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 36m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 45m.