Sunset & Sunrise Today in South Gate, California

In South Gate, California, the sun rises at 6:24 AM and sets at 7:22 PM today, Saturday, August 29, 2026, for a total of 12h 57m of daylight. Local solar noon in South Gate falls at 12:53 PM.

South Gate lies at latitude 33.95°, in the lower mid-latitudes, where daylight varies moderately between summer and winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 59 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in South Gate keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in South Gate runs from about 6:49 PM to 7:38 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 7:38 PM to 7:48 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in South Gate is at 7:20 PM and sunrise at 6:25 AM — about 2m 0s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in South Gate drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in South Gate, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in South Gate ranges from as early as 4:43 PM (around November 28) to as late as 8:07 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 14h 24m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 9h 53m.