Sunset & Sunrise Today in San Diego, California

On Wednesday, October 14, 2026, the sun sets over San Diego at 6:16 PM, having risen at 6:52 AM. That works out to 11h 24m of daylight today. Local solar noon in San Diego falls at 12:34 PM.

Sitting at 32.72° latitude puts San Diego in the lower mid-latitudes — daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 56 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in San Diego keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for San Diego's golden hour, about 5:44 PM to 6:32 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:32 PM to 6:41 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in San Diego is at 6:15 PM and sunrise at 6:53 AM — about 1m 56s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in San Diego drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in San Diego, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in San Diego ranges from as early as 4:42 PM (around November 26) to as late as 8:00 PM (around June 24). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 18m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 59m.