Sunset & Sunrise Today in Porterville, California

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, the sun sets over Porterville at 6:21 PM, having risen at 7:02 AM. That works out to 11h 18m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above Porterville at 12:42 PM.

Sitting at 36.07° latitude puts Porterville in the mid-latitudes — 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 12 seconds. As autumn progresses, sunrise and sunset in Porterville move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Porterville runs from about 5:47 PM to 6:37 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:37 PM to 6:47 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Porterville is at 6:19 PM and sunrise at 7:03 AM — about 2m 12s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Porterville drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Porterville, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Porterville ranges from as early as 4:41 PM (around November 29) to as late as 8:16 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 36m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 41m.