Sunset & Sunrise Today in Alameda, California

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over Alameda at 7:42 PM, having risen at 6:36 AM. That works out to 13h 05m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Alameda falls at 1:10 PM.

Because Alameda is at 37.77° (the mid-latitudes), daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 18 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in Alameda move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Alameda's golden hour, about 7:08 PM to 7:59 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:59 PM to 8:09 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Alameda is at 7:40 PM and sunrise at 6:37 AM — about 2m 19s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Alameda drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Alameda, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Alameda ranges from as early as 4:49 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:34 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 46m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 32m.