Sunset & Sunrise Today in Lake Forest, California

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, the sun sets over Lake Forest at 6:17 PM, having risen at 6:55 AM. That works out to 11h 22m of daylight today. Local solar noon in Lake Forest falls at 12:36 PM.

Lake Forest lies at latitude 33.65°, in the lower mid-latitudes, where daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 1 seconds. This is autumn in Lake Forest, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Lake Forest runs from about 5:45 PM to 6:33 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:33 PM to 6:43 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Lake Forest is at 6:16 PM and sunrise at 6:55 AM — about 2m 0s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Lake Forest drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Lake Forest, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Lake Forest ranges from as early as 4:41 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:04 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.