Sunset & Sunrise Today in Santa Barbara, California

In Santa Barbara, California, the sun rises at 7:03 AM and sets at 6:25 PM today, Wednesday, October 14, 2026, for a total of 11h 21m of daylight. Local solar noon in Santa Barbara falls at 12:44 PM.

Sitting at 34.42° latitude puts Santa Barbara in the lower mid-latitudes — daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 2 minutes shorter and 4 seconds. This is autumn in Santa Barbara, so the daily sun times are still on the move.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Santa Barbara runs from about 5:52 PM to 6:41 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 6:41 PM to 6:50 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Santa Barbara is at 6:23 PM and sunrise at 7:04 AM — about 2m 4s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Santa Barbara drift across the whole year.

It's autumn in Santa Barbara, when sunset creeps earlier each week. Over the course of the year, sunset in Santa Barbara ranges from as early as 4:48 PM (around November 27) to as late as 8:15 PM (around June 28). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 27m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 50m.