Sunset & Sunrise Today in San Luis Obispo, California

On Sunday, August 23, 2026, the sun sets over San Luis Obispo at 7:41 PM, having risen at 6:28 AM. That works out to 13h 12m of daylight today. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over San Luis Obispo, is at 1:05 PM.

San Luis Obispo lies at latitude 35.28°, 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 3 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in San Luis Obispo keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

If you're shooting at sunset, aim for San Luis Obispo's golden hour, about 7:07 PM to 7:57 PM. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:57 PM to 8:07 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in San Luis Obispo is at 7:39 PM and sunrise at 6:29 AM — about 2m 3s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in San Luis Obispo drift across the whole year.

It's summer in San Luis Obispo right now, when daylight is at its most generous. Over the course of the year, sunset in San Luis Obispo ranges from as early as 4:49 PM (around December 2) to as late as 8:21 PM (around June 25). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 31m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 46m.