Sunset & Sunrise Today in Los Angeles, California

Today, Wednesday, October 14, sunset in Los Angeles is at 6:19 PM and sunrise was at 6:57 AM, giving Los Angeles 11h 21m between first and last light. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Los Angeles, is at 12:39 PM.

Los Angeles lies at latitude 34.05°, in the lower mid-latitudes, where daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 2 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Los Angeles keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Los Angeles runs from about 5:46 PM to 6:35 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:35 PM to 6:45 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Los Angeles is at 6:18 PM and sunrise at 6:58 AM — about 2m 3s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Los Angeles drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Los Angeles, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Los Angeles ranges from as early as 4:43 PM (around November 27) to as late as 8:08 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 25m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 52m.