Sunset & Sunrise Today in Modesto, California

In Modesto, California, the sun rises at 7:11 AM and sets at 6:27 PM today, Wednesday, October 14, 2026, for a total of 11h 15m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Modesto, is at 12:50 PM.

Modesto lies at latitude 37.64°, in the mid-latitudes, where 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 20 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Modesto keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

Golden hour in Modesto this evening is roughly 5:53 PM–6:44 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:44 PM to 6:54 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Modesto is at 6:26 PM and sunrise at 7:12 AM — about 2m 20s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Modesto drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Modesto, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Modesto ranges from as early as 4:44 PM (around December 5) to as late as 8:29 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 45m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 33m.