Sunset & Sunrise Today in Costa Mesa, California

Today, Wednesday, October 14, sunset in Costa Mesa is at 6:18 PM and sunrise was at 6:56 AM, giving Costa Mesa 11h 22m between first and last light. Local solar noon in Costa Mesa falls at 12:37 PM.

Because Costa Mesa is at 33.64° (the lower mid-latitudes), daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 1 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Costa Mesa keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Costa Mesa runs from about 5:46 PM to 6:34 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:34 PM to 6:44 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Costa Mesa is at 6:17 PM and sunrise at 6:56 AM — about 2m 1s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Costa Mesa drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Costa Mesa, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Costa Mesa ranges from as early as 4:42 PM (around December 1) to as late as 8:05 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 22m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 54m.