San Diego, California Sunset Time Today

Sunrise time in San Diego

The sun rises in San Diego at 6:36 AM today and at 6:36 AM tomorrow (the same time as today).

First light comes before the sun itself: civil twilight — the blue-hour glow already bright enough to see by — begins at 6:12 AM.

For photographers, the morning golden hour — the warm, low-angle light until the sun climbs 6° — runs from 6:36 AM to 7:09 AM.

San Diego daylight month by month

The 1st of each month in 2026, in local time.

San Diego’s longest and shortest days

From 14h 19m of daylight on June 21, 2026 to 9h 59m on December 21, 2026.

How fast San Diego gains and loses daylight

Daily rate at mid-month; net change across the month.

San Diego golden hour & blue hour by season

The same altitude-based windows as today’s card, at each solstice and equinox.

Daylight saving time in San Diego

Clocks move an hour; the daylight doesn’t change.

Why sunset time shifts in San Diego

Sunset drifts through the year with Earth’s ~23.4° axial tilt — see the full daylight explainer.

In San Diego, the longest day carries about 14h 19m of daylight and the shortest just 9h 59m — a swing of roughly 4h 20m between the June and December solstices. The farther a place sits from the equator, the wider that gap; the pace also isn’t steady, moving fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the solstices. Every figure here is computed from the sun’s position for San Diego’s exact coordinates, in local time.