Sunset & Sunrise Today in Mentor, Ohio

In Mentor, Ohio, the sun rises at 7:37 AM and sets at 6:43 PM today, Thursday, October 15, 2026, for a total of 11h 05m of daylight. The sun reaches its high point above Mentor at 1:11 PM.

Sitting at 41.67° latitude puts Mentor 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 41 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Mentor move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Mentor this evening is roughly 6:06 PM–7:01 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:01 PM to 7:12 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Mentor is at 6:42 PM and sunrise at 7:38 AM — about 2m 42s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Mentor drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Mentor, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Mentor ranges from as early as 4:54 PM (around December 4) to as late as 9:03 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 11m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 08m.