Sunset & Sunrise Today in San Rafael, California

In San Rafael, California, the sun rises at 6:32 AM and sets at 7:52 PM today, Sunday, August 23, 2026, for a total of 13h 19m of daylight. Solar noon, when the sun is highest over San Rafael, is at 1:12 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 15 seconds. Through summer, 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 7:17 PM to 8:09 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:09 PM to 8:19 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in San Rafael is at 7:50 PM and sunrise at 6:33 AM — about 2m 16s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in San Rafael drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in San Rafael, the season of long evenings. 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.