Sunset & Sunrise Today in Oceanside, California

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, the sun sets over Oceanside at 6:16 PM, having risen at 6:53 AM. That works out to 11h 23m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over Oceanside, is at 12:35 PM.

Sitting at 33.20° latitude puts Oceanside in the lower mid-latitudes — daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 59 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Oceanside move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Oceanside runs from about 5:44 PM to 6:32 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:32 PM to 6:42 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Oceanside is at 6:15 PM and sunrise at 6:54 AM — about 1m 58s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Oceanside drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Oceanside, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Oceanside ranges from as early as 4:41 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:02 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 20m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 56m.