Sunrise in Chicago today

Chicago lies at 42°N. In Chicago, day length ranges from 9h 8m in winter to 15h 14m in summer — a swing of about 6h 6m.

The sun comes up over the east-southeast horizon in Chicago today, at a bearing of 107°. It starts getting light 29 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 47 minutes later in Chicago than in Washington, D.C., 956 km to the east-southeast.

Through the year sunrise drifts earlier across spring and later across autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunrise and sunset times shift month by month for Chicago.

The longest day in Chicago is around 15h 14m (around June 21). The shortest is around 9h 8m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 3 minutes per day.