Sunrise & sunset in Nebraska
11 places in Nebraska, each computed from its own coordinates. Today is Tuesday, September 22, 2026; times below are local to each city.
First sunrise in the state
Bellevue, 7:11 AM local time.
Last sunrise in the state
North Platte, 7:30 AM local time — 19 minutes after Bellevue in real time. The state also spans more than one time zone, so the clock times differ again.
Today across Nebraska
| City | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha | 7:12 AM | 7:21 PM | 12h 09m |
| Lincoln | 7:14 AM | 7:24 PM | 12h 09m |
| Bellevue | 7:11 AM | 7:21 PM | 12h 09m |
| Grand Island | 7:21 AM | 7:30 PM | 12h 09m |
| Kearney | 7:24 AM | 7:33 PM | 12h 09m |
| Fremont | 7:13 AM | 7:23 PM | 12h 09m |
| Norfolk | 7:17 AM | 7:27 PM | 12h 09m |
| Papillion | 7:12 AM | 7:21 PM | 12h 09m |
| Hastings | 7:21 AM | 7:30 PM | 12h 09m |
| Columbus | 7:17 AM | 7:26 PM | 12h 09m |
| North Platte | 7:30 AM | 7:40 PM | 12h 09m |
About sunrise in Nebraska
The sun reaches Bellevue 19 minutes before North Platte today — that gap is longitude, and it is fixed: the Earth turns fifteen degrees an hour, so every degree of longitude is four minutes of sunrise. Nebraska also spans 2 time zones, so two cities can see the sun at the same instant and read different clock times.
Eastern Nebraska, including Omaha and Lincoln, is on Central Time. The western panhandle, including Scottsbluff, keeps Mountain Time.