Sunset & Sunrise Today in Stockton, California

Stockton, California sees the sun come up at 6:20 AM and go down at 7:57 PM on Saturday, August 15, 2026 — 13h 36m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. Local solar noon in Stockton falls at 1:09 PM.

Because Stockton is at 37.96° (the mid-latitudes), 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 8 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Stockton keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Stockton runs from about 7:22 PM to 8:15 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 8:15 PM to 8:26 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Stockton is at 7:56 PM and sunrise at 6:21 AM — about 2m 9s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Stockton drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Stockton, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Stockton ranges from as early as 4:45 PM (around November 30) to as late as 8:31 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.