Sunset & Sunrise Today in Brookings, South Dakota

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Brookings at 8:08 PM, having risen at 6:47 AM. That works out to 13h 21m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Brookings at 1:28 PM.

Sitting at 44.31° latitude puts Brookings 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 55 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Brookings move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Brookings's golden hour, about 7:30 PM to 8:27 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:27 PM to 8:38 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Brookings is at 8:06 PM and sunrise at 6:48 AM — about 2m 55s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Brookings drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Brookings, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Brookings ranges from as early as 4:47 PM (around December 5) to as late as 9:15 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 31m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 50m.