Sunset & Sunrise Today in Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield, California sees the sun come up at 7:01 AM and go down at 6:21 PM on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 — 11h 19m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Bakersfield falls at 12:42 PM.

Because Bakersfield is at 35.37° (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 9 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Bakersfield keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

Golden hour in Bakersfield this evening is roughly 5:48 PM–6:37 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:37 PM to 6:47 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Bakersfield is at 6:20 PM and sunrise at 7:02 AM — about 2m 8s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Bakersfield drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Bakersfield, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Bakersfield ranges from as early as 4:42 PM (around December 4) to as late as 8:14 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 32m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 45m.