Sunset & Sunrise Today in Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto, California sees the sun come up at 7:16 AM and go down at 6:32 PM on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 — 11h 16m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Palo Alto at 12:54 PM.

Palo Alto lies at latitude 37.44°, 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 19 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in Palo Alto keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Palo Alto runs from about 5:57 PM to 6:49 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:49 PM to 6:59 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Palo Alto is at 6:30 PM and sunrise at 7:17 AM — about 2m 19s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Palo Alto drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in Palo Alto, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in Palo Alto ranges from as early as 4:50 PM (around November 29) to as late as 8:33 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 44m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 34m.