Sunset & Sunrise Today in San Jose, California

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, the sun sets over San Jose at 7:40 PM, having risen at 6:35 AM. That works out to 13h 04m of daylight today. The sun reaches its high point above San Jose at 1:08 PM.

Sitting at 37.34° latitude puts San Jose 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 16 seconds. As summer progresses, sunrise and sunset in San Jose move a little each day rather than staying fixed.

Golden hour in San Jose this evening is roughly 7:06 PM–7:57 PM, the best window for warm, soft photos. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:57 PM to 8:07 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in San Jose is at 7:38 PM and sunrise at 6:36 AM — about 2m 16s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in San Jose drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in San Jose, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in San Jose ranges from as early as 4:49 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:32 PM (around June 26). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 43m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 34m.