Sunset & Sunrise Today in Bismarck, North Dakota

In Bismarck, North Dakota, the sun rises at 6:04 AM and sets at 9:33 PM today, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, for a total of 15h 28m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Bismarck at 1:49 PM.

Sitting at 46.81° latitude puts Bismarck in the upper mid-latitudes — there is a big difference between long summer days and short winter days. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 45 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Bismarck move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Bismarck this evening is roughly 8:48 PM–9:56 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 9:56 PM to 10:11 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Bismarck is at 9:32 PM and sunrise at 6:05 AM — about 1m 49s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Bismarck drift across the whole year.

It's summer in Bismarck right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in Bismarck ranges from as early as 4:54 PM (around December 5) to as late as 9:41 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 51m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 31m.