Sunset & Sunrise Today in San Rafael, California

In San Rafael, California, the sun rises at 7:18 AM and sets at 6:33 PM today, Wednesday, October 14, 2026, for a total of 11h 15m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over San Rafael, is at 12:56 PM.

San Rafael lies at latitude 37.97°, 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 22 seconds. Through autumn, the sunset time in San Rafael keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in San Rafael runs from about 5:58 PM to 6:50 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:50 PM to 7:00 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in San Rafael is at 6:31 PM and sunrise at 7:19 AM — about 2m 21s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in San Rafael drift across the whole year.

Autumn has arrived in San Rafael, and the days are drawing in. Over the course of the year, sunset in San Rafael ranges from as early as 4:50 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:36 PM (around June 22). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 47m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 31m.