Daylight today
Minneapolis gets 10 hours 34 minutes of daylight today, 3 min less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 48 minutes more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 8 h 46 min. The days keep shrinking until December: the shortest day of the year.
What sets Minneapolis apart
- Minneapolis's shortest day, 8 h 46 min on December 22, is the 4th shortest of the 51 cities on DaySight; only cities further north, led by Anchorage have a shorter one.
- Minneapolis sits at about the latitude of Bordeaux, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 6 h 51 min longer than its shortest: 15 h 37 min on the longest day against 8 h 46 min on the shortest.
First light and last light
First light comes 30 minutes before sunrise today, at 7:11 AM, and last light 30 minutes after sunset, at 6:45 PM. Between them the sky is bright enough to see by: 11 hours 34 minutes, against 10 h 34 min with the sun up. First and last light are when the sun is 6° below the horizon; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
Clocks go back an hour on Sunday, November 1. Sunrise moves from 7:51 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 5:03 PM. Mornings get lighter at once; evenings get dark an hour sooner.
The year in Minneapolis
Minneapolis swings from 8 h 46 min of daylight on December 22 to 15 h 37 min on June 21. Its earliest sunset, though, is on December 9, and its latest sunrise on December 29: the shortest day sits between the two.
Minneapolis's days run from 8 h 46 min to 15 h 37 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Minneapolis.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:16 AM | 7:48 AMfirst light 7:16 | 4:58 PMlast light 5:31 | 5:31 PM | 9 h 9 min |
| February | 6:45 AM | 7:15 AMfirst light 6:45 | 5:41 PMlast light 6:11 | 6:11 PM | 10 h 26 min |
| March | 6:57 AM | 7:27 AMfirst light 6:57 | 7:19 PMlast light 7:48 | 7:48 PM | 11 h 53 min |
| April | 5:58 AM | 6:29 AMfirst light 5:58 | 7:58 PMlast light 8:29 | 8:29 PM | 13 h 29 min |
| May | 5:11 AM | 5:45 AMfirst light 5:11 | 8:36 PMlast light 9:10 | 9:10 PM | 14 h 51 min |
| June | 4:49 AM | 5:27 AMfirst light 4:49 | 9:02 PMlast light 9:39 | 9:39 PM | 15 h 35 min |
| July | 5:05 AM | 5:41 AMfirst light 5:05 | 8:58 PMlast light 9:34 | 9:34 PM | 15 h 17 min |
| August | 5:44 AM | 6:16 AMfirst light 5:44 | 8:21 PMlast light 8:53 | 8:53 PM | 14 h 6 min |
| September | 6:23 AM | 6:53 AMfirst light 6:23 | 7:26 PMlast light 7:55 | 7:55 PM | 12 h 33 min |
| October | 7:00 AM | 7:29 AMfirst light 7:00 | 6:30 PMlast light 6:59 | 6:59 PM | 11 h |
| November | 6:40 AM | 7:11 AMfirst light 6:40 | 4:46 PMlast light 5:17 | 5:17 PM | 9 h 34 min |
| December | 7:11 AM | 7:45 AMfirst light 7:11 | 4:33 PMlast light 5:07 | 5:07 PM | 8 h 48 min |
Nearby
- Omaha, NE: 290 miles away, sunset today 6:31 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Milwaukee: 298 miles away, sunset today 5:56 PM.
- Chicago, IL: 355 miles away, sunset today 5:57 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Kansas City: 412 miles away, sunset today 6:29 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.