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Chicago, Illinois, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Daylength, December 2025

Daylight

5:16 am – 8:29 pm
15 hours, 13 minutes

Current Time: Jun 23, 2025 at 4:32:21 am
Sun Direction: 49° Northeast
Sun Altitude: -7.3°
Sun Distance: 94.477 million mi
Next Equinox: Sep 22, 2025 1:19 pm (Autumnal)
Sunrise Today: 5:16 am 57° Northeast
Sunset Today: 8:29 pm 303° Northwest
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2025 Sun Graph for Chicago

December 2025 — Sun in Chicago

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2025Sunrise/SunsetDaylengthAstronomical TwilightNautical TwilightCivil TwilightSolar Noon
DecSunriseSunsetLengthDiff.StartEndStartEndStartEndTimeMil. mi
16:58 am (119°)4:20 pm (241°)9:21:17−1:205:19 am5:59 pm5:53 am5:25 pm6:27 am4:51 pm11:39 am (26.2°)91.656
26:59 am (119°)4:19 pm (241°)9:19:59−1:175:20 am5:59 pm5:54 am5:25 pm6:28 am4:51 pm11:40 am (26.1°)91.641
37:01 am (120°)4:19 pm (240°)9:18:46−1:135:21 am5:59 pm5:55 am5:25 pm6:29 am4:50 pm11:40 am (25.9°)91.626
47:01 am (120°)4:19 pm (240°)9:17:36−1:105:22 am5:59 pm5:55 am5:25 pm6:30 am4:50 pm11:40 am (25.8°)91.613
57:02 am (120°)4:19 pm (240°)9:16:29−1:065:23 am5:59 pm5:56 am5:25 pm6:31 am4:50 pm11:41 am (25.7°)91.599
67:03 am (120°)4:19 pm (240°)9:15:26−1:025:23 am5:59 pm5:57 am5:25 pm6:32 am4:50 pm11:41 am (25.6°)91.586
77:04 am (120°)4:19 pm (240°)9:14:27−0:585:24 am5:59 pm5:58 am5:25 pm6:33 am4:50 pm11:42 am (25.5°)91.574
87:05 am (120°)4:19 pm (239°)9:13:32−0:555:25 am5:59 pm5:59 am5:25 pm6:34 am4:50 pm11:42 am (25.4°)91.562
97:06 am (121°)4:19 pm (239°)9:12:41−0:515:26 am5:59 pm6:00 am5:25 pm6:35 am4:50 pm11:43 am (25.3°)91.551
107:07 am (121°)4:19 pm (239°)9:11:54−0:475:27 am5:59 pm6:00 am5:25 pm6:35 am4:50 pm11:43 am (25.2°)91.541
117:08 am (121°)4:19 pm (239°)9:11:10−0:435:27 am5:59 pm6:01 am5:26 pm6:36 am4:51 pm11:43 am (25.1°)91.530
127:09 am (121°)4:19 pm (239°)9:10:31−0:395:28 am6:00 pm6:02 am5:26 pm6:37 am4:51 pm11:44 am (25.0°)91.521
137:09 am (121°)4:19 pm (239°)9:09:56−0:355:29 am6:00 pm6:03 am5:26 pm6:38 am4:51 pm11:44 am (25.0°)91.511
147:10 am (121°)4:20 pm (239°)9:09:24−0:315:29 am6:00 pm6:03 am5:26 pm6:39 am4:51 pm11:45 am (24.9°)91.502
157:11 am (121°)4:20 pm (239°)9:08:57−0:265:30 am6:01 pm6:04 am5:27 pm6:39 am4:51 pm11:45 am (24.8°)91.494
167:12 am (121°)4:20 pm (239°)9:08:35−0:225:31 am6:01 pm6:05 am5:27 pm6:40 am4:52 pm11:46 am (24.8°)91.485
177:12 am (121°)4:20 pm (239°)9:08:16−0:185:31 am6:01 pm6:05 am5:27 pm6:41 am4:52 pm11:46 am (24.8°)91.477
187:13 am (121°)4:21 pm (239°)9:08:02−0:145:32 am6:02 pm6:06 am5:28 pm6:41 am4:53 pm11:47 am (24.7°)91.470
197:13 am (121°)4:21 pm (239°)9:07:52−0:105:33 am6:02 pm6:07 am5:28 pm6:42 am4:53 pm11:47 am (24.7°)91.463
207:14 am (121°)4:22 pm (239°)9:07:46−0:055:33 am6:03 pm6:07 am5:29 pm6:42 am4:53 pm11:48 am (24.7°)91.456
217:14 am (121°)4:22 pm (239°)9:07:44−0:015:34 am6:03 pm6:08 am5:29 pm6:43 am4:54 pm11:48 am (24.7°)91.449
227:15 am (121°)4:23 pm (239°)9:07:47+0:025:34 am6:04 pm6:08 am5:30 pm6:43 am4:54 pm11:49 am (24.7°)91.443
237:15 am (121°)4:23 pm (239°)9:07:54+0:065:35 am6:04 pm6:09 am5:30 pm6:44 am4:55 pm11:49 am (24.7°)91.437
247:16 am (121°)4:24 pm (239°)9:08:05+0:115:35 am6:05 pm6:09 am5:31 pm6:44 am4:56 pm11:50 am (24.8°)91.432
257:16 am (121°)4:25 pm (239°)9:08:20+0:155:35 am6:05 pm6:09 am5:31 pm6:45 am4:56 pm11:50 am (24.8°)91.427
267:17 am (121°)4:25 pm (239°)9:08:40+0:195:36 am6:06 pm6:10 am5:32 pm6:45 am4:57 pm11:51 am (24.8°)91.422
277:17 am (121°)4:26 pm (239°)9:09:04+0:235:36 am6:07 pm6:10 am5:33 pm6:45 am4:58 pm11:51 am (24.9°)91.418
287:17 am (121°)4:27 pm (239°)9:09:32+0:285:36 am6:07 pm6:10 am5:33 pm6:45 am4:58 pm11:52 am (24.9°)91.414
297:17 am (121°)4:27 pm (239°)9:10:04+0:325:37 am6:08 pm6:11 am5:34 pm6:46 am4:59 pm11:52 am (25.0°)91.411
307:17 am (121°)4:28 pm (239°)9:10:41+0:365:37 am6:09 pm6:11 am5:35 pm6:46 am5:00 pm11:53 am (25.0°)91.408
317:18 am (121°)4:29 pm (239°)9:11:21+0:405:37 am6:09 pm6:11 am5:36 pm6:46 am5:00 pm11:53 am (25.1°)91.406
* All times are local time for Chicago. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

The December solstice (winter solstice) in Chicago is at 9:03 am on Sunday, December 21, 2025. In terms of daylight, this day is 6 hours, 6 minutes shorter than the June solstice. In most locations north of the equator, the shortest day of the year is around this date.

The earliest sunset is on December 8.

Why is the earliest sunset not on the winter solstice?

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