Sunset & Sunrise Today in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin sees the sun come up at 7:05 AM and go down at 6:08 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2026 — 11h 02m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Milwaukee at 12:37 PM.

Milwaukee lies at latitude 43.04°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 50 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Milwaukee move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in Milwaukee this evening is roughly 5:30 PM–6:26 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:26 PM to 6:37 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Milwaukee is at 6:06 PM and sunrise at 7:06 AM — about 2m 50s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Milwaukee drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Milwaukee, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Milwaukee ranges from as early as 4:16 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:34 PM (around June 20). Its longest day lands on June 21 with 15h 21m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 59m.