Sunset & Sunrise Today in Chinatown, California

Today, Saturday, August 29, sunset in Chinatown is at 7:42 PM and sunrise was at 6:37 AM, giving Chinatown 13h 05m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Chinatown, is at 1:10 PM.

Because Chinatown is at 37.80° (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. Through summer, the sunset time in Chinatown keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for Chinatown's golden hour, about 7:08 PM to 7:59 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:59 PM to 8:10 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Chinatown is at 7:41 PM and sunrise at 6:38 AM — about 2m 19s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Chinatown drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Chinatown, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Chinatown ranges from as early as 4:50 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:35 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 46m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 32m.