Sunset & Sunrise Today in San Francisco, California

In San Francisco, California, the sun rises at 6:25 AM and sets at 8:01 PM today, Saturday, August 15, 2026, for a total of 13h 36m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over San Francisco, is at 1:14 PM.

Sitting at 37.77° latitude puts San Francisco 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 7 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in San Francisco move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in San Francisco this evening is roughly 7:27 PM–8:19 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:19 PM to 8:30 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in San Francisco is at 8:00 PM and sunrise at 6:26 AM — about 2m 8s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in San Francisco drift across the whole year.

It's summer in San Francisco right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in San Francisco ranges from as early as 4:50 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:35 PM (around June 23). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 46m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 32m.