Sunset & Sunrise Today in Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield, California sees the sun come up at 6:15 AM and go down at 7:44 PM on Saturday, August 15, 2026 — 13h 28m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Bakersfield falls at 1:00 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 1 minute shorter and 56 seconds. Through summer, 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 7:10 PM–8:01 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:01 PM to 8:11 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Bakersfield is at 7:43 PM and sunrise at 6:16 AM — about 1m 57s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Bakersfield drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Bakersfield, the season of long evenings. 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.